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Thinking of painting your airplane?

By General Aviation News Staff · April 24, 2025 · Leave a Comment

Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings has added four new aircraft types to its Aircraft Color Visualizer, a web-based tool that allows plane owners, paint shops, aircraft scheme designers, original equipment manufacturers, and aviation enthusiasts to design their next paint scheme.

The interactive tool allows users to choose from numerous aircraft models — ranging from a kit aircraft to a heavy jet — to customize with any color in the Sherwin-Williams aircraft color library and instantly view the combination on screen. Aircraft designs can now be created from thousands of colors, accents, and paint style combinations, company officials said.

“The overwhelming popularity among our core audience — aircraft owners, scheme designers, paint shops, and now even enthusiasts — has compelled us to expand our model palette to 10 different aircraft types,” says Julie Voisin, Sherwin-Williams Market Segment Manager for Aerospace, Original Equipment Automotive Interiors and Commercial Vehicle Refinish. “For the expansion of these aircraft models, a Cessna 182, Beech Baron, Kodiak 100, and Pilatus PC-12 were used for inspiration. This brings our total to 10 different aircraft types that can be demonstrated.”

The latest plane types added to visualizer offerings include:

  • High Wing Piston
  • Light Twin
  • High Wing Turbo Prop
  • Low Wing Turbo Prop

The new models were added to the existing visualizer models, which already included a kit plane, single piston, twin turboprop, light business jet, heavy business jet, and helicopter.

The visualizer tool features two unique designs for each of the 10 aircraft options, allowing the user to switch between them and spin the aircraft to see the colors from a variety of angles. The Aircraft Color Visualizer allows users to print, save and share their finished designs.

The updated visualizer is available through the Sherwin-Williams Aerospace website or as an iPad App.

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