of pastel, since he coined the term and produced them first. He says here:

http://www.kingsnake.com/boamorphs/pastel.htm

"The best part about the "Pastel" characteristic is the reduction in black. One side benefit has been in producing Pastels I have babies with much more color coming through than most other Boas. Don’t confuse the orange and or pink colors I have produced with the "Pastel" characteristic that reduces the overall wash of black allowing the underlying colors to come through. Not all Pastels have great color. Many are just very light and or washed out."



Read this line again "Don’t confuse the orange and or pink colors I have produced with the "Pastel" characteristic that reduces the overall wash of black allowing the underlying colors to come through." He says that the color isn't increased as much as it is revealed by the reduced black. He's said this in a few places. I see that snake in questions sides as not having reduced black but more of a normal amount of black.



Caden





>> . . . The snake above has more of a creamy colored wash of pink and orange as well as a reduction in black especially towards the head(upper half of its body.) Pastels are polygenic, and this one shows the trait, so its a pastel. It does have an "overall wash of reduced black", not completely, but that doesn't matter because pastel is a trait, not a morph, and this one shows it. I guess it could be considered low end to some. Pastels can be a very flimsy subject.

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>>Below is a picture of a pastel i own which has a huge reduction of black(still has some years to muddy up though), but doesn't have the color as the snake above. I wouldn't call mine a low end simply because it lacks color, but a pastel with less color. I wouldn't call the snake above possibly a colorful normal (though the term low end can be used in matter of opinion) Because there is no border line. it is or isn't pastel, i see a reduction in black as well as that creamy wash, so i say pastel.

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