livery
n. C / Un. the special colors, patterns, or designs used on a company's vehicles or a person's uniform. You see this most often on airplanes, racing cars, or the clothes of hotel staff.
n. a distinctive uniform, badge, or set of colors worn by the employees of a person or company, or applied to a fleet of vehicles. Historically associated with the dress of servants or members of a guild.
The airline recently updated the livery on all its planes.
The delivery trucks are easily recognized by their bright green and yellow livery.
The restoration project aimed to return the locomotive to its original 1920s livery, requiring extensive research into the specific pigments used by the railway company at that time.
From Middle English livery, liveree, from Anglo-Norman liveree, from Old French livree. Compare modern French livrée.
From Middle English *livery, from Old English lifriġ (“relating to the liver, livery”), equivalent to liver + -y.
Uncountable when referring to the general style of dress or design; countable when referring to a specific design or set of clothes.