Bloodred Diffuse RedCoat and Yellowing

So, since coming back to Cornsnakes there are a few new terms beings tossed around and I'm trying to understand them. Please bare with me if I'm wrong;, asking wrong, or just nuts. I have been out of cornsnake business since around 2012 when I sold my business.

Bloodreds, when I left, were basically distinguished by the markings on the side of their bodies and the patterning on their heads. I would post a pic if I could. Are they now considered Diffused as a morph? Some Proginy predictors list either or both. I am confused. What does the yellowing factor have to do with this, them, or anything? What does the red factor have to do with this, them, or anything?

I'm sorry I am asking such a pia question but I'm having a hard time finding answers to this specific question online. I can find bits and pieces but nothing that puts the puzzle together.

Some people still use diffused and bloodred interchangeably, but there's been a push to have the bloodred morph be considered a combo of two or three mutations - masque (causes the bald head pattern), diffused (causes the smeary side pattern and eliminates belly checkers) and potentially one of the reddening genes, either red coat or red factor (although the redness of bloodreds could be a line bred thing).

I don't really know much about yellow factor, but you can read some of the recent threads about it posted by Joe Pierce.

Also there's the morphpedia with some descriptions and info on the base mutations. https://www.morphmarket.com/morphped...akes/diffused/

Originally Posted by hypnoctopus

Some people still use diffused and bloodred interchangeably, but there's been a push to have the bloodred morph be considered a combo of two or three mutations - masque (causes the bald head pattern), diffused (causes the smeary side pattern and eliminates belly checkers) and potentially one of the reddening genes, either red coat or red factor (although the redness of bloodreds could be a line bred thing).

I don't really know much about yellow factor, but you can read some of the recent threads about it posted by Joe Pierce.

Also there's the morphpedia with some descriptions and info on the base mutations. https://www.morphmarket.com/morphped...akes/diffused/

One of the things that always stood out to me, and still does, is the "skull pattern" or "bald Pattern" on the head, the deep red bodies, and then there was some that had the "pied side". The bald pattern 10 or 12 years ago was rare. I'm just looking to learn right now.

As I mentioned, you leave the hobby for a decade and everything goes haywall. It was simpler back then.

Thank You!