Watching the Silver Star and Silver Meteor roll by on the railcams, I'm reminded of why I was not a fan of the Phase III color scheme revival that coincided with the Viewliner II order. As I suspected, all these years later the sets are still unmatched and it makes them look worse imo than if Amtrak had stuck with the Phase IVb. It always takes years to get fleet uniformity even when some effort is made, and it seems like Amtrak is making no effort to get a uniform appearance.
The fleet uniformity thing is always nice, but you notice conventional consists in Europe don't match over half the time. And that leads me to my most important point: Why is anybody worrying about new/historic paint jobs when they can barely run the trains right? Clearly hours of brainpower is being spent on which colors are best, and there is an active heritage program. But we can't figure out how to open all the doors at MKA or have a decent boarding regimen in Detroit?
If you recall Mike Haverty, the guy who brought back the warbonnet at ATSF and the southern Belle at KCS, he arrived at KCS to some fanfare. Lots of people thought he was going to spearhead a turn in fortune and suggested reviving the Belle look. He told the team that was a great idea, but they had to focus on performance. If the performance occurred, they would shift to the Belle scheme as a show of prosperity and success.
TLDR, the heritage program and continuously shifting paint schemes are like eating your desert before your vegetables. Focus on the prize, then celebrate.