When in the status window, ships usually update their textures to match the shield they're using (like turning mostly white with the Dyson shield), except the newest Breen Raider and Voth Fighter. They will ignore the visuals of any shield.
However, they still show the shield visuals in sector and system space and do update their textures according to tailor modifications, so you still have your blue Virgo, green Leo, etc... patterns in the status window.
Note that it only happens on the ground, it still update in the preview thumbnail in sector and system space.
EDIT: Actually, it eventually does show on the ground, but only if you went into space before.
Reported as ticket ID #2,207,273.
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