I am not accusing anything,but it sounds like your incubation temps were too low. The egg was not cut real early,but from the looks of the snake and the fact that it is not out of the egg yet means it was too early to cut. The color is the last thing they get, they litteraly are getting color even after they leave the egg. They always look ghostly when they are cut early. I cut sometimes early when I cant wait to see what I got,but everytime I do it I am trying to guess what a half colored snake is...