Full Real / Historical & Paint Schemes

[bw_wolverine]

I'm curious how people feel about this (I have my own assumption, but I'd like to see what responses actually are):

On a full real/historical server or mission is it considered taking advantage of 20/20 hindsight to switch to a paint scheme that is more camoflaged, though that scheme might not be historically correct?

Hypothetically let's say historically, the plane I'm flying over water was done in a white paint scheme, but I decide that a blue paint scheme will make it harder to spot me. Maybe the blue paint scheme was used at some point during the war, but not with the squadron I'm flying/time period I'm flying/model aircraft I'm flying.

Is it 'cheating*'? Or is it just pilot preference? *cheating isn't really the right word. Just looking for a non-historical advantage or minimizing a disadvantage? I dunno. Someone give me a better word. I'm DEFINITELY not calling anyone a cheater.

If I'm being totally candid, this has come up because I'm hearing more and more people say they won't fly the yellow nose 109s because they find they get spotted easier in them, or at least are more easily identified in dogfights with multiple aircraft.

But the Germans DID use that scheme right? Was the paint scheme chosen by the pilot of the plane historically as well? Or was it a squadron thing? Or a high command thing? I have no idea.

Obviously I'm an allied pilot so some people are going to say I'm just nit-picking for an advantage. I'm honestly not. I don't care. I'm just curious about how the 'full real' community feels about the subject in general.