Sunglows, Lipsticks, Albinos? Kahl vs Sharp? Q's and Pic Requests!

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Lipstick albinos are Kahl albinos (a blood line of albinos) that have been specifically bred for their coloring.
Sunglow is a hypo albino.
You're right that Kahl and Sharp are separate lines, that means they aren't compatible and if bred together the offspring would be double het kahl albino and sharp albino, but all visually normals.
Regular albinos yellow out the most. I think if you want something that will hold it's color and contrast the best then a sunglow would be way to go. If that's too pricey, there's been a lot of selective breeding with both strains of the albinos so just look for a reputable breeder.
Adding jungle and motley will jump the price up even more

This is correct, in a nutshell.

To add to that...

Sunglows are hypomelanistic albinos and carry and express both a recessive and a co-dominant gene.

Kahl and Sharp albinos were developed by two different individuals and are not compatible because the gene sits at different loci. They are not bred together because it would be impossible to know which albino was produced when the resulting hets were then bred.

All albinos, no matter what complex, will yellow out as they age. Sunglows tend to retain a more orange hue and more distinct tail patterns as adults, but they do yellow. The Kahls will tend to yellow the most, but retain more oranges/pinks in the tail pattern. The Sharps won't yellow quite as much and stay whiter, but their patterns tend to fade more.

There are two additional "color lines" of the Kahl albinos - lipstick and coral. Both of these tend to have an overall pink blushing to their color and the lipsticks in particular have very dark and distinct patterns. Of all the albino complex, a lipstick sunglow will definitely hold its color the best.

A jungle or motley albino is going to carry a pretty heavy price tag. A sunglow will be mid-range. A top quality lipstick albino will run about the same as a sunglow. Sharp albinos cost more than Kahls and tend to be harder to find.

This is my Coral Sunglow Arabesque, Pandora, as a baby.....