It is likely that she was resprayed in canada as there is a Canadian registered aircraft in the background.
I received the following reply from daniel Brackx
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Hello Willy,
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As there was no picture attached to your mail, I suppose that you’re talking about the c/s of OO-ARC when she was already in Canadian hands and flying as CF-NUS owned by John N. Paterson, from Fort William, Ontario, between Aug. 1961 and jun 1964.
I only have a very bad quality black and white picture which shows what appears to be a white cheat-line and associated lightning motive on a somewhat darker overall colour. Unfortunately there is no way to identify this colour, however as the machine is preserved at the Canadian National Aviation Museum at Ottawa (http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/)you perhaps could consult them for any better or colour picture of this livery.
The Canadian Aviation Historical Society – Journal Vol. 42 No. 2: Summer 2004, gives a detailed account of this particular *Spitfire coming to Canada. Unfortunately I don’t have a copy of this magazine, but information can be obtained at this link: http://www.cahs.com/journal04b.htm
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Daniel Brackx
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There is now a discussion on the Historic Aviation forum regarding the colour scheme of
OO-ARC after her service with COGEA nouvelle.
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The black and white photograph shows a two-tone color scheme with a white? cheatline.
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I am confident that one of our specialist might help.(Daniel?, Frans?)
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Thanks in advance
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Best regards
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Willy
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