I haven't really followed all the threads on pastels lately, but I see that the main idea is what makes a pastel a pastel.
In my opinion a pastel boa is a boa that is very very clean, has good color and a really nice tail.
It also has a "light" look to it.
All in all, they vary quite a bit, and everyones pastel definition is up to them.
This pictured is a Miami Fire Line Boa which is genetically High pink/red. You breed these to a normal and you theoretically get 50% boas that look like the one in the pic, and 50% light, clean boas. Now there have been two litters where all are this color, and a litter with only a couple this color. So we assume it is a co-dominant gene makeup, which originated by selectively breeding over generations high pink/red colored animals.
Would you consider it a genetic pastel or a genetically high pink animal?

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• Would you consider this a pastel??? - M n R-Reptile, Sun Jan 9 12:39:24 2005
• Maybe a pastel breeder will post, here is some help... - ChrisGilbert, Sun Jan 9 13:02:13 2005
• RE: Maybe a pastel breeder will post, here is some help... - M n R-Reptile, Sun Jan 9 14:10:12 2005
• I know what you mean, but color has absolutely nothing to do with pastels. - Randall_Turner, Sun Jan 9 18:18:11 2005
• I had the same initial thought! n/p - ChrisGilbert, Mon Jan 10 07:46:40 2005
• Bingo............What he said. More - JohnLokken, Sun Jan 9 14:32:54 2005
• yup...Damn fine pastel at that!...np - DaveyFig, Sun Jan 9 15:43:08 2005
• Pastel! - bcijoe, Mon Jan 10 10:06:22 2005