#like it doesn't directly determine eye color but it affects the undertone

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I wonder if my high school biology teacher would regret showing me how to make charts of how plant color genetics are inherited through generations and how different color genes may interact if he knew I'd end up using it with fictional characters instead

#I have charts for hair skin and eye color and (more than anything else) magic types for up to 20 generations with some characters #also: family trees. I have way too many charts of how everyone is related #and the worst part of it is when I have to match the two. #I need to know where the two required genetic traits for making water freeze are from and whether or not they're connected to eye color #currently tracking how many characters in one kingdom have the rare affinity for fire magic and that's connected to eye color #like it doesn't directly determine eye color but it affects the undertone #your eyes can be green or purple or grey or brown or yellow with it depending on what else is going on #but the gene needs to be there and affecting eye color for you to have fire affinity #anyway the charts are useful for when I need to draw because I have easy access to starter tones #I can just build the lighting on top of those