what is a faded flowerhorn?

[albino]

Here is my faded kamfa

 

[maxfromhonolulu]

I wonder if mine is fading. He started turning black after a week I got him.
The first photo is when I got him. The 2nd is a month after.

 

[RD.]

Yes Max, yours is fading.

There is a sticky on this subject:

https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/faders-explained.396860/