Reply To: Color Variations Welcome to the website! › Forums › The Celestial Pearl Danio › Varieties › Color Variations › Reply To: Color Variations May 22, 2007 at 10:33 pm #11226 madattiverParticipant the colors of the fish brighten and get much sharper when spawning. mine when I got them weren’t very colorful, kind of pale looking.. no when spawning the males get quite dark and the red really comes out in their fins.