Aircraft livery regulations
 

Hi everyone, apologies if the wrong board but it seemed the most suitable.

I was reading about a company that offers personalised aircraft liveries for private jets, and the article states "exterior modifications can be tricky due to the strict regulations about the livery on aircraft".
I was curious therefore as to what the restrictions are as I had thought one was free to paint an aircraft any which way as long as it displayed certain registration markings. Google hasnt thrown up any answers to satisfy my pondering.

Regards,

matt

Registration markings must be a particular minimum size, width and height with a suitably contrasting colour and in certain locations, Exit markings must be clear and contrasting colours, All exterior placards must be present (door operating instructions, warnings, etc)

You can't just paint it pink and stick the reg on it in Old English Text!

In addition, there MAY be restrictions as to the type of paint that can be used, which may inhibit colour choices.

There may also be limitations arising from concerns over solar heating of the cabin; if you were to paint the upper fuselage matt black, for example, and then try operating from a desert environment, you might find the ECS was really struggling to keep the cabin cool, whereas a white or light coloured fuselage would be ok.

Either of those might be OEM- or even type-specific

I didn't know this till recently, on the Boeing factory tour at Everett. That the colour of paint (pigment) makes a difference to the weight. Thats why white paint is lighter and hence its used more than colours.