What color is the hull painting of Beiyang Navy? Iron ships and wooden boats are black and red in the photo, and the navy is gray and red in the impression.

Beiyang fleet came into being during the Westernization Movement. At that time, Britain, the strongest capitalist country in the world, became the "teacher" of the Qing Dynasty, and "learned from foreigners to control foreigners". So many aspects were affected at that time, such as soldiers learning foreign military exercises. The fleet also used the same traditional Victorian paintings as Britain. This painting is a combination of black, white, red and yellow. The hull is black, the red and white superstructure is below the waterline, the mast and chimney are yellow, and the two sides of the bow are dragon patterns. Later, it was changed to tile ash, and the photos were mostly black and white, which was difficult to distinguish. However, there are physical models and oil data for textual research.