Okay, so i knew I had to buy a ship in the color I wanted when I replaced my Goliath. Been waiting a couple of years to lose it so I could get a new color.

I chose black then bought a XC at N2. Flew to M7. Looked at the ship color selection--still on black. Took the insurance mission.

Out pops a blue Goliath.

Irritated, I /explode the Goliath; buy another ship in black (this time a corvult from Bractus D9). Fly back to Latos M7. Take the Goliath Insurance mission again.

This time I got black.

It was only 500,000 credits, but still. It seems there's something wrong.

Oh, also, I was able to do the Insurance mission twice in 15 minutes contrary to the "Once Per Week" mentioned in the mission. I'll submit a ticket for you guys on that.

why not just buy the ec89 at M7 and pic colour then buy goli

what Blighty suggests is the current, easy, and cheap workaround

That's what I did. Only problem was, I ended up with white instead of black.
When I purchased a non-free ship at a different station, then came back and did it again, I got the correct color.

What I'm wondering is maybe there's a bug that doesn't allow a color change with a ship you don't actually spend credits on or just with an ec-89 in general. or maybe there's some other variable. This happened when I did the Trident mission too. I had to do exactly the same thing a few years ago for the trident. I figured I'd post it in bugs this time around. There are just too many variables for me to test on my own, so I'd like to pass the buck.

In the mean time, I'll make sure to set my color on a non-free ship at a station that isn't M7 if I should need to do it again.

I always use a ec89 to choose color at m7. Although I have a few times ended up with white as well... I think it's just a bug that sometimes forgets your color

This continues to be an issue... a solution really should be considered. It should not be hard to select or change the color of your cap ship.