The colored sl 3 Jones polynomial J sl 3(n 1 ,n 2 ) (L;q) are given by a link and an (n 1 , n 2 )-irreducible representation of sl 3 . In general, it is hard to calculate J sl 3(n 1 ,n 2 ) (L;q) for an oriented link L. However, we calculate the one-row sl 3 colored Jones polynomials J sl 3 (n,0) (P(α, β, γ);q) for three-parameter families of oriented pretzel links P(α, β, γ) by using Kuperberg's linear skein theory by setting n 2 = 0. Furthermore, we show the existence of the tails of J sl 3 (n,0) (P(2α + 1, 2β + 1, 2γ);q) for the alternating pretzel knots P(2α + 1, 2β + 1, 2γ).