I thought pastels were yellow?

Can someone give me some advice on this pastel. Where it should be yellow it is white and it has a lot of granitey black speckling. Also, along the neck pattern has bright white patches...is it sick? Is this just a poor quality pastel?
Can others please post pics of pastels who are white instead of yellow?
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It looks pastel to me, just browned out. So, it's a low quality pastel. Pet quality, not breeding.

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Ok. Thank you. And the white? Does that mean something is wrong/unhealthy?

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http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/20/ne6eju8a.jpgCan you tell me if this girl is low quality too?
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/20/hejamahy.jpg

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Is the 1st snake considered a "black back"?

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I don't think it's considered blackback because pastels have a whole different pattern.

I think both snakes are average, I've seen pastels browner than that. I'd say a dull average.

Pastels that are het axanthic often look like that. I've never really been sure if the pastel mutation actually enhances the yellow or just uncovers what's already there. I once produced a pastel that had kind of an olive green look to it after breeding a pastel to a particularily dark female.

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Originally Posted by AJs Snake House

Is the 1st snake considered a "black back"?

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Yes the first pastel is a blackback pastel. The 2nd one is a banded pastel.

The 1st pastel reminds you of a het axanthic? Does it's belly look like something funky is going on?
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The belly looks like a pastel. I'm not saying that yours is one, but I've seen pastels that are het axanthic that looked that color. It could just be a naturally reduced yellow.