Breeding Hypos

I've been having a discussion with a fellow breeder about a male hypo's beard color. I know in normals, the beard goes black. My breeder friend swears that hypo beards turn a bluish-gray, like their shoulder pads. My male is 8 months old and is showing breeding behavior. His beard is a really nice orange color and brightens up when he is head-bobbing and all that jazz. I'm new to hypos as well and I'm assuming due to the lack of dark pigment, that his beard will not change colors. Anybody care to confirm or deny this?

I have a tangerine/red speckled hypo and just hanging out his beard is orange w/white underlying.but when he gets fired up his beard turns mostly white w/orange slashes, no grey or blue at all.shoulder pads are blue and a few bars are blue losing the bars to blue dots now tho.
cliff

Both of my hypo males have completely black beards when they get fired up.

This is Ace. He is hypo.