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Crossing for Color


Crossing plain-colored plants with any other plant will give result in plain-colored seeds.
Plain, black and white seeds are dull colored.
All other colors come in dull and bright.
Crossing two different colors yields a dull color.
Crossing two identical colors yields a bright color.
Self-pollination will result in the same color and brightness.     		There are three primary colors: red, blue, yellow.
There are three secondary colors: purple, green, orange.
Crossing two different primary colors will give a secondary color.
Crossing a primary and a secondary color will give a primary color.
Crossing two different secondary colors will give a primary color.

This chart shows all possible combinations to create each color.
Ponytail Palms are used for example purposes, however all plant types will have the same results when crossing color. This includes crosspollination between two different species.
The plant species has no bearing on the color produced.
Note: Any plant crossed with a plain-colored plant will produce plain seeds.
       
All possible colors, less plain, black and white.

Red
Any of the following combinations will crosspollinate to produce red plant seeds.
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X
X
X 		X
X
X
X 		X
X
X
X 		X
X
X
X

Yellow
Any of the following combinations will crosspollinate to produce yellow plant seeds.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

Blue
Any of the following combinations will crosspollinate to produce blue plant seeds.
X
X
X
X 		X
X
X
X 		X
X
X
X 		X
X
X
X

Bright Red
Bright Blue
Bright Yellow
Green
X
X
X 		X
X
X 		X
X
X 		X
X
X
X

Bright Green
Purple
Bright Purple
Brown
X
X
X 		X
X
X
X 		X
X
X 		X
X
X
X

Orange
Plain
White Black
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

Crosspollinating any plant of any color with a plain-colored plant will always result in plain colored seeds.

The species that is produced depends entirely on the plant types used to crosspollinate.

The species have no bearing on the color outcome.		 X

White or Black seeds are the result of a mutated cross-pollination.

Mutations are a random occurance appearing at the rate of about 1 in every 100 cross-pollinations.

There is no specific color or species that needs to be used for a mutated result.

Any plant crosspollinated with another plant, no matter the colors or types, has a chance to mutate.