(04 Feb 2025, 9:16 am)stagecoachfan wrote I saw my first bus in the dark blue trial livery yesterday in Manchester (one of the 2 BYD E400 electrics that were painted, now with Metroline Manchester) and thought it looked ok.
The two BYDs now with Metroline are painted in the original darker shade of Slate Blue. It has since been amended into a lighter shade - compare these two photos of Yorkshire's E400MMC 11716, the first vehicle painted into the lighter shade having already been painted in the original shade.
YX73PFJ Stagecoach Yorkshire 11716 | Alexander Dennis E40D E… | Flickr
Stagecoach Yorkshire 11716 YX73 PFJ | Garry Donnelly | Flickr