The females have magic and in the same quantities as their male counterparts but are not so brilliantly scaled to show off said talents and are mostly discouraged from actively using the more aggressive of the magics. Instead, they have an entire range of defensive magics keyed into their feminine pheremones and unusable to a large degree by males (there are some magics keyed into male pheremones but as they are by and large minor, mirrored things the advantage here is given into the females). The coloring for females isn't influenced by the strength of the magic they could potentially weild as most are a dull brown or silvery grey pattern to blend well with the trees (many of whom resemble our birch and firs around their nesting areas). They are the keepers of the community lore and the nurturers of their people's future. They have no need for flashy or showy colors (although many show magpie-like tendecies) as the females' prefered fighting ground is upon the mental planes.