Personally I think all of the examples that look faded or under inked are
not missing a color pass. I would say around 95% of the ones you see
have back damage and/or staining and the other 5% are the result of
exposure to light or a very successful soak.
Here's a good example. I recently picked up this Dubuc at a regular price.
It has a pretty clean back but as soon as I had it in hand I knew it had been soaked.
It has very light pink on the hat and light pink on the uniform and belt.
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And here you can see it's warped from being soaked.
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