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The Red vs. Orange Debate

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Well a post concerning favorite colors on another forum brought up something that I always find amusing in the bearded dragon world. The red Vs. orange debate. A dragon that most would call red being orange and vice versa. I have a few pics posted below and i would love to hear your input on what color each of these dragons are.

(Note these dragons all belong to me and are in my care no photos were stolen or borrowed from any other source)
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I will not post my opinions as I do not wish to sway the answers with what color I think my dragons are. And feel free to post your own photos as well (though please answer also lol)
 
ill contribute to this thread on this forum too lol

orange
orange
red
orange
 
for your reference on color
 

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I'm definitely interested in knowing how close my interpretation is to yours!
 
Well this is how I see it with them.

Dragon number 1 is orange, number 2 is orange, number 3 is red, and number 4 is pastel orange. But like I said I am interpreting the color literally. And as I pointed out it seems in the reptile hobby literal color is no longer what is published its more the color you want it to be. Thats why so many dragons are listed as red but if you really look at them you know that they just are not red.
 
Well, whatever you want to call them, you have some very nice looking dragons! Here's a little hypo girl that I just received yesterday. I can't wait to see what she looks like over the next few months...and at a year!!
 

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that is a beautiful girl you have there.:thumbsup:
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Thanks Brian. I can't wait to see what she'll look like in a couple more months...and even moreso by this time next year! My photography skills are lacking....in skills! :ack2: I didn't realize how "washed out" these pics were until I saw them blown up. I took both of these directly under her basking light.
 
Matt that will be fun seeing how the lil one colors up. i bet she just glows after a few sheds!!
 
my thoughts

1. orange
2. orange
3. red
4. red, since red dragons usually fade some as they grow at some point he must have been pretty dark red.

what about my male. leucistic x volcano red.
 

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