gloster meteor T7 WA669
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I am inclined to agree with Herod as it was at Boscombe Down between Sept 1966 until Mar 1969. Btw: this is the aircraft which was involved in the unfortunate mid air collision with the Meteor at Mildenhall in Aug 1986.
In the photo the nose, wingtip and tail are a distinctly different shade to the intake lip and stripe which match the red of the roundel, could they have been yellow or more orange. Just an observation.
when you compare to the white in the rounded and in the flag on the tail, those were likely white.
Either way, it's notoriously difficult to deduce colours from a monochrome photo without knowing details of the emulsion and developer, but based on where the painted areas are, my vote would also be for dayglo (which often looks misleadingly light in a B&W photo).
Think the canopy `framework` would have been white,like Vampire T11...
Slightly off topic, WA669's second career began when she was rescued, along with Meteor F8 VX467, f rom deep storage at 5MU in 1975 to take over the bulk of the target towing task at TWU Brawdy. - a successful reintroduction of the Meteor into RAF service! As most will know, they were given the names of Clementine and Winston respectively..