Airbrushing a lighter color on dark fur??/ fur search (Purple)

Hi everyone!

I have a semi-fursuit related question. (Semi because I'm planning to do this to a stuffed animal, and then see if I can do it with a fursuit)

I want to make a giant 3 foot plush of my fursona, Starlight, but of course I know her back marking will probably be a HUGE pain.



I just recently got an airbrush and I LOVE it so far! I've been using it for clay sculpture but I know it can be used for fursuits as well. So I'm planning on getting this color faux fur since I think that's the closest color I'm going to find for her base fur

**(If you know of any closer color please tell me!)**

And then probably a lavender fur for the swirls and such.

So my question is, can I use a light color to airbrush over a darker fur?? Could I theoretically airbrush a white shape over the purple fur and then color over that? Has anybody tried to do a light coat over dark?

Any help is extremely appreciated, thank you!! :D