Editing Mersey Ferry (section)

===Liveries===
[[File:Snowdrop (ship, 1960) in dazzle colours approaching Woodside.jpg|thumb|right|{{MV|Snowdrop||2}} in her "Razzle Dazzle" livery]]
The ferry companies were identifiable by their different colour liveries displayed on each vessel's funnel. Wallasey ferries carried a black and white colour scheme. Early Birkenhead steamers carried red and black, however this appears to have changed to orange in the 1920s or 1930s, remaining until the merger of the two fleets under the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive in 1969. When the ferries were taken over by the MPTE, the liveries of Birkenhead and Wallasey were replaced initially with a primrose yellow and powder blue colour scheme. This was followed by a black and green livery, then in 1984 by the colours of the [[Union Flag]] for the International Garden Festival celebrations. By the 1990s the vessels carried a red and black colour scheme, similar to that previously used by Birkenhead Corporation.

From January 2015, MV ''Snowdrop'' had a special livery applied, based on the [[World War I]] [[dazzle camouflage]] and designed by [[Peter Blake (artist)|Peter Blake]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/02/mersey-ferry-peter-blake-dazzle-treatment-first-world-war|title=Mersey ferry gets the dazzle treatment from Sir Peter Blake|work=Guardian|date=2 April 2015 |accessdate=27 May 2015 |last1=Brown |first1=Mark }}</ref>