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Colours & markings

Pattern / markings

النقش

Also called: الرسمة، النقشة

How colour is distributed on the body, as opposed to the colour itself: pied, dark-headed, magpie, moorhead… Egyptian fanciers often name varieties by pattern, and judges score its regularity and clean borders.

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