the color will most likely change more than a few times as it grows up. depending on its diet you can somewhat enhance the sharpness and deepness of the overall permenant color. mine used to change colors from deep deep orange/red to pale orange depending on mood and sometimes time of the day. early in the mornings it would be plaer then late evenings. the adult color can be anywhere from pale orange/yellow to deep orange/red. sometimes it can have white, or black patches as well.