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Pastel

Pastel Jungle · Lemon Pastel · Citrus Pastel · Graziani Pastel · Bell line · Morton Wright line
incomplete dominant (trade usage)text read from the page's sources

First produced: Greg Graziani / NERD, 1994 (Pastel Jungle line NERD 1997; Lemon Pastel NERD 2000; Citrus Pastel Amir Soleymani 2002) per Morphpedia

How to recognise it

HeadPale, faded yellow crown at hatch; white lips; crown usually darkens with age but some stay faded.
PatternNormal alien-head layout but with bright yellow inside the alien heads and blushing breaking up the black between them; alien heads often show hook or ring shapes.
ColourHigh-contrast yellow on black; noticeably brighter than a normal clutchmate.
BellyVery clean compared with a normal's belly tracks and speckling; bright yellow flames come up off the belly edge into the flanks.
EyesUsually pale green. Useful but not proof on its own: an occasional normal has green eyes.
With ageNot yet verified against a source.

Rows marked "not yet verified" are withheld until they can be cited. Inheritance is the trade's usage unless a source below states it.

Super form (two copies)

Super Pastel
Not yet verified against a source.

Easily confused with

Orange Dream
OD is orange with a clean jet-black base, largely empty alien heads, an orange crown and dark eyes; Pastel is lemon yellow with blushed black and pale eyes.
Normal
Check belly (clean with yellow flames), lips (white) and eyes (green) together; eye colour alone is not enough.

Photos

Ball python identified by the photographer as Pastel
Identified as Pastel by the photographer; not verified by us.
Photo: Cody Campbell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pastel triple het Hypo, VPI Axanthic and Clown ball python
Pastel triple het Hypo, VPI Axanthic and Clown
Seller's photo, used with permission. May be colour-enhanced. Morph as labelled by the seller; not DNA-tested.

In combination with other genes

Pastel Enchi het Clown het VPI Axanthic ball python
Pastel Enchi het Clown het VPI Axanthic
Seller's photo, used with permission. May be colour-enhanced. Morph as labelled by the seller; not DNA-tested.
Pastel Enchi het Clown het VPI Axanthic ball python
Pastel Enchi het Clown het VPI Axanthic
Seller's photo, used with permission. May be colour-enhanced. Morph as labelled by the seller; not DNA-tested.
Pastel Clown het VPI Axanthic ball python
Pastel Clown het VPI Axanthic
Seller's photo, used with permission. May be colour-enhanced. Morph as labelled by the seller; not DNA-tested.
Pastel VPI Axanthic het Clown ball python
Pastel VPI Axanthic het Clown
Seller's photo, used with permission. May be colour-enhanced. Morph as labelled by the seller; not DNA-tested.
Super Pastel Fire VPI Axanthic het Clown ball python
Super Pastel Fire VPI Axanthic het Clown
Seller's photo, used with permission. May be colour-enhanced. Morph as labelled by the seller; not DNA-tested.
Super Pastel Fire VPI Axanthic het Clown ball python
Super Pastel Fire VPI Axanthic het Clown
Seller's photo, used with permission. May be colour-enhanced. Morph as labelled by the seller; not DNA-tested.

These animals carry several genes at once. The caption lists everything the animal is said to be; none of them shows this gene on its own.

Health and welfare

No gene-linked issue reported in the sources read. That is not proof there is none.

DNA test

A test is listed for Rare Genetics Inc: Pastel (list read 2026-11-13 on MorphMarket's page for that lab). All listed tests

Sources for this page