Renault's RS16 will feature a different livery for the start of the 2016 season, the team has confirmed.

A launch livery was revealed during an event in Paris on Wednesday which was predominantly black with some yellow incorporated on the turning vanes and the inside edge of the front and rear wing endplates.

However, when asked if the livery would be the final one for the team this season, Renault Sport Racing president Jerome Stoll admitted it is only a testing design.

"It's black and this is the car that will be [testing] on the Barcelona track in two weeks time," Stoll said. "You can see how elegant the livery is.

"Will it be black in Melbourne? Guess... You are going to see the elegance of the livery will remain the same."

And on Twitter, when the Silverstone circuit asked for opinions on the black livery, Renault replied: "We'll be a different colour by the time we get to you!"

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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