Eventually, the coral starves to death; the most noticeable outward sign of this phenomenon is that the coral loses its colour, going from shades of brown and green to a crisp, brittle, bone white.
Àṣèyìnwá àṣẹ̀yìnbọ̀, ebi yóò pa iyùn kú; àwọ̀ ara tí yóò yí padà ni àmì tí a ó fi mọ̀, ìpàwọ̀dà láti àwọ̀ olómi-ọkà àti ewéko sí funfun egungun.