Tone
 A monotone yellow chao beside a Two-tone yellow chao. | |
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Tone is the term given to indicate the presence (or lack thereof) of highlights on a Chao's body, often described as similar to the starter Chao.
Monotone and Twotone
Chao of one solid colour such as those obtained from the Black Market are known as Monotone Chao. These Chao are one solid colour with no markings or gradient effects, with only the wings and emote ball changing with evolution.
Two-tone Chao on the other hand, do have these markings.
As the markings often have multiple colours, it can be said the term 'Two-tone' is inaccurate; however, this is the most widely used term, and so the Chao Wiki refers to it as such. The internal name for Two-tone is Color blend.
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Note: Shiny two-tone chao on the SA2HD versions of the game have a strikingly bright appearance; this is an unintended effect that has lead to chao of this nature being called Bright Chao. Using the Chao World Extended mod fixes this bug and allows the player to switch between bright chao and shiny two-tone chao.
Genetics
Every chao has 2 alleles for each gene. In laymans terms, when the chao are bred, the offspring will take 1 of each of the parents genes at random, which will also determine it's appearance. This can be shown with the below punnett square diagram.
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| T | TT | MT |
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The appearance of the chao is determined by these genes. Specifically for appearance, there is a gene for determining if the chao is two-tone. If the chao inherits two of the same gene, it will appear as such; if two genes are different, the chao will have a 50/50 chance of being monotone or two-tone as the genes are equally dominant.
Gallery
Below is a table featuring images of all the available colours in SA2PC with their twotone counterparts.
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