What evidence is there that Stevenson's Rocket was yellow at the time of the Rainhill trials?

Question

I know the replicas of it are usually yellow and that modelers and artists usually portray it as yellow, but is there any evidence from the time it ran that it was yellow?

Answer 1

First:  STEPHENSON.  

Second:   the Rocket is preserved and is black, but it was yellow, here a description of the locomotives that can be found on the link:

3. Mr. Robert Stephenson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; "The Rocket;" yellow and black; white chimney; weight, 4 tons, 3 cwt.

http://www.resco.co.uk/rainhill/rain.htm...

Answer 2

We may never know.  Does it impinge on anything. Were there any paint marks on the dead body?