ship alliances...
 

I went to Ile D'Etable de Porc because I'm clueless and it had a French flag--I am a shameless fan of the French. Now I have these ship colors and I DO NOT want them. How do I get rid of them?

if you start sailing from the french you automatically get those colors on your sails if you sail for spanish you get red and gold

Just dock at any non-privateer island (Port Royal for example) or dock at l'Porc and TP back to Port Royal - then set sail - your ship will be normal again :)

I would acually like if we could colour our sails, and do typed names for them. Make them more our own than seeing the same name here, the same name there. >.< But yea, if you want to get rid of it just dock somwhere like Tortuga, Port Royal, or choose to return to Port Of Call, that will put you back on an island with human population...