Reds range in hue from beautiful, vermillion reds to deep crimson and red/brown colours. The quality of the colour varies among strains, with most red Bettas showing some iridescence or other colours to some degree.
Any opaque overlay detracts from a good
red, giving
rise to muted reds and pinks.
The Red Loss factor causes Bettas that
are red
as juveniles to lose that colour as the mature. This factor is
present
in Cambodians and in yellows and apricot
colours.
A smoky Melano with some royal blue
Black in Bettas is often a smoky black.
Black Lace forms have transparent, smoky fins.
Black is one of the most difficult colours to achieve, as the melano gene produces infertile Black females. Several crosses with other colours have tried to alleviate this problem, e.g. Melano x Celophane or yellows.
The Melano x Black Lace lines are infertile; Steel Blue females x Melano males and Royal Blue females x Melano males have produced Blacks with considerable iridescence present.
Double Tailed Steel Blues.
Notice the additional rays in the dorsal fin
of this Double-tailed type-- a characteristic
of the dt gene.
This colour has a metallic iridescence when compared to the Royal Blue Betta. Steel Blue results from the allele combination blbl.
Steel Blue, Green, Royal Blue, Green and Turquoise Bettas have an interesting genetic inheritance pattern based on the Bl / bl alleles that show incomplete dominance and determine iridescence.
Crossings:
Steel Blue x
Steel
Blue gives100%
Steel Blue off-spring;
Green x
Green
gives100%
Green;
Green x
Steel
Blue gives
all
Royal
Blue;
Royal Blue x
Royal Blue gives 50%
Royal, 25% Steel,
25%
Green;
Green x
Royal
Blue gives
50%
Royal, 50% Green.
Steel Blue x
Royal
Blue gives
50%
Royal, 50% Steel Blue
Turquoise is a variation of the "green" colouring (BlBl alleles).
A green RT female.
The much sought after, dark, forest green is rare.
A turquoise HM males
Fish with colours close to turquoise are often found in Royal Blue and Steel Blue spawns.
The ideal is a dark shade of turquoise.
Royal Blue Male Veil Tail
Corn-flower blues are the same genotype as royal blues but with a dark head and corn-flower blue body.
Royal blues with red factors may appear violet or purple when young and will lose it if the red-loss factor is present and so produce royal blues. Red loss occurs also occurs in Steel Blue, Turquoise, and Green.
AVT yellow.
Yellow results from a gene that transforms red so sometimes the presence of red is also visible.
Golden yellow Bettas, with golden iridescence, are rare. In my yellow/apricot strain, only the operculum is iridescent gold.
A lutino form exists, in which the eyes are yellow, too.
A Peach Male Betta.
Apricot yellows have a distinct pale orange tint to the yellow.
Some yellow Bettas show a faint orange tint to the fins and are called Apricot.
To continue the fruity colours, "Pineapple" Bettas are yellows
with
a
distinct black outline to the scales, giving a net-like or pineapple
appearance. Pineapple Bettas are pattern form, not a colour type.
The image, left, shows blue due to the colour rendering. The fish is white.
Whites of this type have black eyes.
There is an opaque form of each of the main colour types if the Op allele is present. White Opaques appear dense white to opaque steel blue.
Pastels can be almost any pastel colour.
Chocolate variants can be bred to yellow to improve colour of
both the
yellow and the chocolate fry.
Orange Betta
How "orange" is orange?
Perhaps an agreed colour chart would help distinguish true colour classification.
Truly Purple Betta splendens are also very new and rare and it appears that the colour results from blending red and blue.
My Royal Blue strain throws purple or violet fry that appear violet at their first show of colour and darken to royal blues within a few months, as the red fades (due to the red-loss factor, L) as the fish mature .
Truly violet coloured Bettas are rare.
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