If you want to produce reduced pattern babies then id definitely say go for #2. Im a huge fan of blushing though so id lean more towards #1 or #3. Lessers start out darker as babies but lighten with age so dont be put off bc of how dark 1 and especially 3 are. My lesser was darker, almost like a purple-ish color, when she was a baby. Now shes getting creamier and her blushing gets nicer with every shed.