I've been asking the same thing myself, Lani.
I've talked with several breeders about this - ones that have tried it in the past - and most throw their hands up in frustration and give up. I might just do the same, but hopefully not. The frustration comes from the fact that most nice tangerine genes are so closely tied to "hypo-ness" because breeders worked for years to remove all the black! Now, trying to get it back on is tough!!
What I, and others, have found is that usually the tangerine "over rides" the bold and washes it out. Or the bold over rides the tang and you get a yellow and black gecko (not hard to do). Nice bright yellow and bold black look good together...but I'm like you (and many others)...I want to see deep tangerine and bold black on the same gecko.
I'm hoping the Halloween Mask traits will help in this since their boldness usually increases with age. So far I've been very pleased with one season of crosses towards the orange & bold. I was surprised to see a few bright orange jungles that keep some black and brown bold patterning. Some of the "f2" crosses from the project this season will help me understand a lot more. Check out my bold collection page when you get a chance to see some of the geckos from that project.
On another note, I do think the aptor/raptor genes will and can help with this. Most of the bold stuff originated from Ron Tremper...including the Halloween Masks...so it's not surprise that his trempers exhibit the mask patterns
Hope this helps.... :main_thumbsup:
