This is most noticble in Ocheeva and Teinaava - as they are twins we can presume their tribal identity or similar category to be the same, yet their coloration is different.
Twins among ovoviparous (egg-laying) creatures are a bit more common, bear in mind, as they tend to create more offspring in one sitting but at sparser intervals. This isn't always true, mind, but you can generalize. So, chances are likely that if you share parents, then you are twins. Oh but wait, aren't Argonians both ovoviparous and viviparous (bear live young) when they need to be, thanks to the Hist?
The markings could be sixual characteristics indicating fertility and post-fertility. But, the green could also be a common reaction to biological changes that Argonians earmarked for colder or dryer clines undergo thanks to the Hist mucking about with their biology. Don't have an alternate explanation for the red/translucence in later ages.
As a color, green isn't used that often to indicate fertility in RL nature on its own as the creature's own habitat would tend to be green and so it would be used as a camouflage but not as a "hey look at me, I'm so genetically fit that I don't need to blend into my surroundings." That is, admittedly, though a Darwinian perspective and not one based on Genetically Engineering Trees, so take it with as much salt as you want.