User blog comment:Nyastara/New Lumina Dragon Sprite Discovered/@comment-72.25.192.4-20120609211035/@comment-3173171-20120609230939

As for beeing a hybrid it would need to be a bred dragon that shows physical features of both its parents. But for the Lumina simply taking on a different color, due to breeding it to a Turpentine doesn't make it a hybrid like the Two-Finned Bluna or Shallow Water Dragon (etc...). I tend to think that the Luminas remove their scales because of the mildly toxic oil which the Turpentines are covered in. What I'm not sure about, is, if the effect wears off...but thanks to the Luminas dragon desription which states that "their scales grow back very quickly", I would say that they discoloration is just temporary. A really awesome feature would be, if the scales of the Luminas would grow back in another color (but only in the yellow/golden/orange color range).