no, hypos are not normal color...all the colors should be affected as a layer of melanin has been rendered inactive...there are many layers of colors in reptiles skin...many morphs are named after one of those layers being removed or inactive...axantic-lacking yellow or anerythristic-lacking red and so on...hypos tend to be more tricky because some person may think "hey this snake is light it must be hypo"...but no, if it has black it may be another morph...pastel or maybe something better like a genetic marked het for something better, like luci or albino....or could just be a light animal with no genetic value, just value by it's owner as a beautiful specimen...that is why when interesting animals come into a breeders hands, they should be bred before naming(unless it's obvious)...

after seeing premature babies, it may be that the hypo gene is the one that shuts off the last layer of color right before birth...but this is just a thought, it would have to be studied in more depth....

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