The sets were delivered in standard green with cream lining. The first vehicles did not have whiskers, but were soon added. 

Green with whiskers The 18:08 Aberdeen to Ballater seen at Park station, 19th May 1959. Hamish Stevenson.

These gave way to yellow warning panels on the lower cab front. They had red buffer beams and grey roofs. Vehicles from E50379 on were delivered new with the blue square added, earlier vehicles had it applied soon after they started appearing.

Green with yellow panel The 14:15 to St. Combs awaiting departure from St. Combs, 24th April 1965. Hamish Stevenson.

The sets with the 'trial' route indicators, vehicles 50370-4 / 56125-9 had a yellow panel at June '57.

The sets would have the letters LW painted above the buffer beam, either in white on the blue square or latterly in black on the yellow.

In the sixties all over rail blue became the standard. In the initial period of this livery some received just small yellow panels, with the BR logo on the cab doors, and others then had full yellow ends wrapped round to include the cab doors. Soon though they had just the cab front only in yellow.

	Blue with full yellow end A 2 car unit is seen at Sheffield Midland station in 1980.  It was based at Hull Botanic gardens shed. In the rear is a Intercity 125 unit on a cross country service to Leeds. Mike Hudson.
	Blue with yellow cab doors An early and very short lived variation. A down train arrives at Sudbury in June 1969. David Underwood.

Many Stratford units operating in the East London area until electrification in May '86 appeared with white cab roofs.

The ScR was unique in painting some cars in blue and grey.

Blue and Grey This hybrid set is seen at Cadder on the 5th April 1980. Hamish Stevenson

Rolling Billboard

One set, after being withdrawn from passenger use became a mobile billboard, painted in advertisements. Vehicles 50759/50792 were partially repainted at Chester diesel depot in Nov 81, with red lower panels beneath a thick white band. It was to promote new "London Saver" tickets, and "London Saver" appeared in large letters on the red sides, as well as some slogans and specimen fares from the Cambrian line and North Wales area on the white stripe. Each saloon window had large posters with details of the offers.

The promotion was arranged by BR's Stoke Division management team and the set was first used on Mon 3rd Nov 81 coupled to the 10.42 from Shrewsbury to Aberytswyth. The Class 105 vehicles were not for passenger use. The marketing team travelled on the train and handed out leaflets at stations en-route. On the return the vehicles were detached at Machynlleth to do the Pwellheli section the next day. That week it also covered the Cambrian Coast, North Wales and Conwy Valley lines. On the 22nd March '82 it attended the opening of the new Blaenau Ffestiniog station. By Sep '82 the vehicles were at Carlisle Kingmoor for the stripping of useful parts.

Green Again In April 1986 vehicles 53359 (the first built) and 54122 were repainted into original lined green livery by Stratford. The buffers and cab window surrounds were picked out in silver (they were originally polished), and the buffer beams were red. Because the vehicles had to have a yellow panel - this was below the lower cream stripe and extended round to stop at the cab doors - speed whiskers were added in black. It had a pale grey roof, and the crest was only applied to the left hand coach. For a time it also had a red band above the cab windows which extended up to the rainstrip and around the destination box. Picture at Wolverton Works, 1/10/88 Robert Frise

Parcels

The parcels conversions were all standard blue, and at least one pair (including 53369) had the Parcels Sector waist band of yellow above red, and some had "Express Parcels" lettering on the side.

Express Parcels 53369 (closest) and 53367 are seen at Leeds City on the 20th June 1987. Hamish Stevenson

Departmental

At least one of the vehicles (977126) converted for route learning duties on the ECML York diversion had large white lettering on the side "Route Learning Saloon" and underneath in smaller text "Chief Operating Manager". It retained it's all-blue livery.

Route Learning Peter, LEYTR