| Code | Definition | Number of Accessions |
| 2P | 2- Points - 2 small points of color at one end of hilum | 4 |
| AB | Anabip - small darker blotch(es) surrounding or at either end of hilum | 6 |
| AM | Amibigua - large (non-uniform) dark blotch nearly covering light color of seed coat | 14 |
| AZ | Anasazi - a distinct pattern of large colored blotches, more dark than light | 5 |
| BI | Large and small blotches irregularly distributed | 259 |
| BL | Large well defined blotches | 201 |
| BP | bipunctata pattern - two small markings, one on either end of eye (hilum) | 2 |
| BU | Blush | 55 |
| EF | Expansa with fibula arcs - nearly uniformly dark with narrow light bands near hilum | 4 |
| MG | Marginata - small linear darker blotch around hilum | 2 |
| MJ | margo 'j' | 1 |
| MO | Starkly mottled, regularly or irregularly | 597 |
| MR | Marbled or softly mottled | 41 |
| MX | Mixed | 232 |
| MZ | margo 'z' 'j' | 7 |
| OM | One Mark | 7 |
| PB | Piebald - a distinct pattern of colored blotches similar to the appaloosa horse pattern, more light than dark | 18 |
| SH | Shield bean pattern = the multi-color Hidatsu shield beans | 1 |
| SL | Sellatus - one large darker blotch around the hilum | 8 |
| SP | Spots (Small to Medium) | 18 |
| SS | Stripes and spots irregularly distributed | 1136 |
| ST | Stripped | 329 |
| TS | Tiny or small spotted | 239 |
| UN | Uniform (only one color) | 8597 |
| VI | Veins | 48 |
| VR | Virgarcus - the traditional "soldier-shaped" pattern of dark on light | 13 |
| WV | Weak virgarcus - a weakly expressed form of the above | 5 |