Pearls really can't be red. I guess those are just merged pearls, giving it that look (red spots on blue).Thank you very much he is beautiful, and I do love him to bits I can't belive it's took me so long to get into flowerhorns, wish I had done it years ago. Oh I thought there was blue and reds where the pearl colours was flipped to red with blue background. Either way as you say it makes no difference I would love him regardless.