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Been wanting to try out a colour variant project for pokemon.  The shiny gene is a random mutation that cannot be bred for. Breeding two shiny pokemon will result in a normal pokemon. It can also cause random effects occasionally in other Colour morphs.  Melanistic Shinx have a dark brown black coat instead of their bright blue due to more melanin pigment. The black portions are unaffected since they have high amounts of melanin already. The increased melanin also causes darker stripes and eye colour, but for some reason the shiny variant’s stripes and eyes are unchanged. Shiny melanistic Shinx tend to be lighter in colour than their normal counterparts.  Albino Shinx have no melanin, causing their blue to turn white. The lack of  melanin in their eyes leaves a red appearance to them. In shiny albino Shinx the yellow fur is unaffected because the yellow pigment is not caused by melanin, the eyes with albino Shinx are blue instead of red.  

Erythristic Shinx have more red pigmentation, trainers often see the eyes and stripes an assume they’re a shiny variant because they’re similar to the normal shiny colour, but they look orange from the increased red pigment in them. Shiny erythristic Shinx have a red orange colour to their eyes and stripes. Erythristic orange eyes will also be genetic and can be seen in erythristic offspring, unlike shiny orange eyes which will only be inherited by chance if the offspring happens to be shiny. (This is a very rare occurrence) Shiny erythristic Shinx will also have a more orange appearance from mixing with the yellow pigment in their coat compared to the blue.  Leucistic Shinx have a total reduction in all pigments, resulting in almost white Shinx. Some of the pigment in their eyes will stay keeping a normal leucistic Shinx’s eyes a soft yellow, while shiny leucistics will be blue. Shiny leucistics retain a bit of their yellow colouration and have more of an off white appearance.