"pastels tend to be lighter than normals were as hypos are actually missing one of the layers of colors in their skin...this affects the black on true hypos, that is why my first question is "are the blacks a true black or another color".... "

Alright, please correct me if I'm wrong (I am horrible with morph/genetic terminology)..... Pastels still possess and exhibit all of the colors of a normal, but with just more percentage of the snake's pattern being of the lighter pigmentation.

A Hypo, however, can resemble a normal or a pastel, but the "black" areas are actually really concentrated areas of brown pigmentation.

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.......please elaborate if I'm completely off track.

Thanks!
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• Hypo verses pastel morphs - chuckhurd, Sun Nov 16 18:15:44 2008
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