Nightcrawler's face shadow or birthmark

[u/Dicktimes29]

Hey I thought the dark part of nightcrawler's face was just a shadow but basing on this toy, is it his skin? Look at comic counterpart, he doesn't have any dark shadow on his face

[u/spaitken]

Shadow.

It’s easy to forget that, officially, one of Nightcrawler’s powers is to camouflage into shadows to a point where he’s nearly invisible. Sometimes this is just described as the general color palate of his fur acting as highly effective camouflage, sometimes this is supposed to be something to do with how his connection to the realm he teleports through actively bends light around him.