For the most part the color is determined by genetics. You can ensure your dragon looks and feels his best by providing good nutrition, proper habitat with correct UVB, lighting, and basking area, and a sanitary environment.
As your dragon regulates his body temperature he will be different shades throughout the day
Your beardie looks quite young. Colouring will come out more with age, too. I didn't even know Mort would have any orange in her when I got her at 5 months old.
I just set Swordtail's timer for his bath and paused it so I could actually fill his soaking bowl up and he crawled over my phone and canceled the timer
Mirage came out of brumation on April 26. He was doing great. On May 2 he started acting funny. We just redid his tank, and he keeps going into one of his hides. He just lays there. He shows no intrest in food. HELP!