Is there a name for this type of coloring?

[Sivan]

I just bought a new veiltail, the first fish since my Fabio died almost a year ago. He is very pretty and I thought him to be a bi-color with some cellophane along his tail. His body and part of his fins is a light goldfish orange and the ends of the fins are a creamy white.

However, I've noticed that in sunlight or when at the right angle, the white areas on his fins and some of his scales glow a neon purple. It looks like he is in ultra-violet light, with it glimmering like that. Is there a name for this? A highlight, perhaps? I can't really get it on camera yet but I am trying.

[Ethan]

Hmm......I would say pinnaple ,but he could possibly be a Marble :D

http://watershed3.tripod.com/types.html

Does he look like any of those?

[Sivan]

He's not a marble. In terms of fish from that page, he's like the yellow one from the California Betta Society, only orange instead of yellow. I am more curious about the neon violet coloring he gets in different lights, if there is a name for that.

[Ethan]

haha well actually what you are seeing is his underskin so to speak ;) those colors are actually a layer under what you usally see.........

A true solid colored IBC quality betta does not change tremendously in different sorts of lighting........

I know what your talking about though.............it is probably a mix of a petstore betta & Creamsicle.

A creamsicle is a butterfly type with orange instead of yellow ;)
Though lol talking in genetic terms, orange & yellow are just a throw off bi-product of red.

[Ethan]

To tell if your betta is truely bred without mixes of other genes just buy a neon light and you can always tell ;)

[Sivan]

Haha. I'm not too interested in the breed quality, never have been with any animal. He's a pet store betta but I do love the idea of him being a creamsicle! Yummy.

[Kitty Whiskers]

My Female Betta Spectra (My Avatar) also gets that ultra violet coloring in certain light also. It does make those kinds of colored Bettas look pretty cool.

[Cattitude]

Originally Posted by Kitty Whiskers

My Female Betta Spectra (My Avatar) also gets that ultra violet coloring in certain light also. It does make those kinds of colored Bettas look pretty cool.

I had a female that same colour with the iridescent rainbow sheen. In another thread I asked what colour that sheen was and was told it's called "grizzle".

[Sheldon31]

My new boy has the black light look too. Interesting because he actually looks ultra violet but getting that sorta colouring on a photo requires a seriously awesome camera but most digital cameras have a yellow film on the lenses to stop UV light from showing on pictures so the purple/blue colour is impossible to photograph (just a snippet of info I thought I didn't know). He's a lush colour Sivan and Creamsicle sounds so interesting compared to "just orange" :D

[Sivan]

Thanks! I love the blacklight look too. And I'm definitely going to be calling him a creamsicle. I thought he looked like the inside of a Cadbury Cream Eggs, so he's just becoming more and more delicious as I talk about him.