Currently, in ship battles, the color of the ships fighting is static. It's based on the "default" color of the faction -- i.e. the Sophon ships always glow blue, the Empire ships are always red, etc.  even if the Sophon player is red on the galaxy map and the Empire is blue. Only the emblems ON the ships change color. I can understand the artistic direction for this -- i.e. the Empire has a very different, less intensely imperialistic feel if it's not red -- but it helps the player feel much more like it's "their" ship if it flies their colors. It's also helpful if one is watching the battle as it's easier to recognize what's happening even at a distance.


Of course, not every faction even has ship colors to speak of. I'm an Unfallen player so I understand if my idea doesn't apply at all to my fleets. (though it'd be super cool if during ship design, I was allowed to add a splash of my galaxy map color to my ships anyway)