We present luminosity profiles, colour profiles and disk parameters based o
n near-infrared JHK surface photometry of a sample of blue low surface brig
htness galaxies (BLSBGs). The results are discussed along with previously o
btained optical data. We find that the morphological properties in optical
and near-IR are quite similar. The luminosity profiles have exponential sha
pes modified by a small central bulge or, below mu(B,0) similar to 23 magni
tudes arcsec(-2), a trough. The blue LSBGs have scalelengths intermediate b
etween normal LSB disks and gas rich dwarf galaxies. A correlation between
scalelength and B-V colour is found for LSBGs in general. In comparison wit
h normal late type disk galaxies our galaxies are bluer and smaller. At the
same B scalelength, the two types differ in luminosity with 2 magnitudes,
corresponding to a difference in mean star formation rate of a factor 5-10.
Several photometric properties indicate that they contain very little dust
and that, at the lowest surface brightnesses, the stellar population is ho
mogeneous.