sup y’all!
you might think we’re married to the color blue, but we’re not 
we want to offer ALL the visibility, so we channeled our inner neon highlighters. but we can’t make a color decision without the help of our community! tell us what colors you want to see and rank your faves below 
Yellow and orange are best if you ever have to go looking for a ROV or BlueBoat.
WHAT ABOUT RED COLOUR ?..
Very nice! Have you done it? Can you share with us the best process and material to use? I’m thinking to change mine to Neon Green to relate with our company’s color.
Hi, I’m not sure if this is the best place to ask this but, my RoboSub team was hoping to SLA or FDM print some of our fairings in a water-competant material that closely matches the BlueRobotics signature blue. Currently, to my knowledge it is cornflower blue, could you confirm with me what blue you utilize and if possible, any places we could by filament, or even try to get color matching pellets for a mold.
hey! it looks like we use Makrolon 2407 in a nondescript shade of blue (i wish i could be more specific!) for our buoyancy fairings. our blue robotics blue is hex # 2699d0 and is close-ish to Pantone 279C - so if you decide to use a different material, you may be able to color match. i wish i could be more helpful - let me know how it goes!!
Hi @BlncK -
Maybe a Home Depot or Lowes has a color scanner for paint matching you could hold a fairing under? I’ve witnessed the fairings change color a bit with age, chemical and sediment exposure, and of course general sun exposure.
Thanks for the help! @tony-white & @meganph we unfortunately couldn’t find any suppliers for 3D printing filaments close to those colors and proper material. And it’s too much trouble for me to build a filament extruder on-top of being a full-time student and the team’s software lead lol! We’ve decided on going for a “stealth” black color-scheme. Excited to see your booth again at RoboSub 2025!
Hi! Based on the colors available in the online store, it’s clear that black was not a popular color.
Is it possible to order a black blue boat? I’m working on a project to mount spectral radiometers on a blue boat to measure light above and below water. Black hulls would help reduce the amount of error in the measurements due to hull reflections.
If you can’t sell me a black blue boat, any suggestions on changing a blue blue boat to black? Paint probably won’t work. I thought of a matte black wrap, like they sell for cars. Any other ideas?
Thanks!
Hi @nuballawalla,
That’s a question for our sales team (sales@bluerobotics.com), but I don’t expect we can do low quantity orders of custom colours.
Cool! Is that for some aquaculture application? I’m unsure what else would require detailed light level information…
Hmm, it may be possible to use a disperse dye (especially since you want to go towards black), but depending on the required conditions it’s possible the dyeing process could damage the plastic. It’s likely worth doing some experiments before trying to dye an entire boat hull…
Thanks for getting back to me. This is a scientific study that aims to relate light attenuation to presence/absence of sub-aquatic vegetation.
I’ll check out the dye.
What do you think about vinyl wrap?
Fascinating! I hope you’re able to share the results, or even some progress updates as you go.
If it becomes a publicly accessible paper we can share it through our research directory 
My main concerns would be around difficulty of application, and the durability (from scratches and the like). They may not be show-stoppers though, and it could be quite a good option, especially if you’re able to be reasonably careful with the vehicle.
