Right -- it all varies. I *hate* busy patterns, regardless of color, so my ideal pastel would be light, bright, very reduced-pattern and very blushy.

I think most people would agree that a very dark brown pastel would be of a lower quality than a very bright yellow one, though.

My feeling on "grading" morphs is that, regardless of variation (ie, I like reduced patterns, a lot of people like busy patterns, etc), the morph should look like that morph -- you shouldn't have to squint to differentiate a pastel from a normal, regardless of whether it's reduced or busy.

Same goes for cinnies, black pastels, mojaves, etc., IMO -- if it's getting close to looking like a wild-type ball python, that's a crappy example of the morph in my eyes.