I understood exactly what Kurt is saying....if its true or not, I don't know. He's saying when you mix a non recessive gen with a recessive gene, the recessive gene takes 75% of the animals color/pattern, leaving the remaining 25% to be the Dom/codom gene. In other words, if it is a pastel clown, the recessive gene (clown) is taking most of the animals looks. So in turn, the Dom gene (pastel) will not look as good as if you bred it to another Dom/codom gene animal to get 50/50 on it. So if the recessive gene takes majority control over pattern/color, then of course the pastel in this animal is going to be less vibrant and not stick out AS much. Its really simple if you stop and just think about it lol.
Ball Pythons
0.3 Normals (Coilette, Athena and Mary Jane)
1.0 Spider Morph (Zeus)
1.0 Mojave (Prometheus)
1.0 Pastel (De Sol)
Boas
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Stella)
0.1 Hog Island BCI (Kiyoko)
0.1 Dumerils Boa (Gloria)
0.1 Yellow Anaconda (Serenity)
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