He's not a blood (Unfortunately!! I don't think there are hypo lavblood stripes, yet!) He's hypo lavender stripe. But I _do_ have plans to pair him up with lavblood Lily, and that puts me two generations away from lavblood stripes and hypo lavblood stripes. Come on, Razzle, grow!!! I guess I expect him to get pinker for a year or so, and then fade off a little. I'm not familiar with the color change in hypolavs like I am with lavs, where they start out that mocha color and then change to a more pale steel blue or lavender color at a few months of age. The female, Orchidee, is virtually identical in color to the male.