A pastel is a good morph to go with if you are just starting out with breeding. The genetics behind the pastel morph is unique as well, being that it is a co-dominant trait. A normal pastel is sort of like being a het (even though het isn't the right word at all) for a recessive gene, because if you breed two pastels, you have a 25% chance of producing a Super Pastel. What makes it different is that because it is a co-dominant trait, the "het" form shows itself as a normal pastel.

The co-dominant pastel gene is similar to that of a spider, except that the spider gene is purely dominant, and there is no "super" spider manifestation if two spiders are bred together, you'd just get 100% spiders in the clutch. If you bred 2 pastels, you'd get 25% normal, 50% pastels, and 25% super pastels.