Pastels have a different pattern. It's much more busy, blushed, and often contains loops and connecting side saddles while normals usually have uniform sides and back stripes/spots.
A pastel's pattern is often all over the place and not as uniform as a normal. It takes looking at quite a few pastels to get used to the difference.
You can also tell that the brown on top of the animal is different than a 'normals' brown as well as the yellow melts into it differently.
There are so many reasons, but mostly it's just from knowing pastels really well. (Pastels are my best morph to pick out, Fires and Vanillas are my worst, and I'm getting better at YBs.
Many would say Fires and Vanillas look identical to normals, as well as YBs, unless you have the experience and eye to point them out.
Edit: Color ranges are very wide in pastels, but you can't determine a pastel based on color alone. Personally, I'd pass on that pastel because I like to pick really bright yellow pastels. But, that's just me.
Originally Posted by blackcrystal22
Pastels have a different pattern. It's much more busy, blushed, and often contains loops and connecting side saddles while normals usually have uniform sides and back stripes/spots.
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