Colours in the Dark is the fourth studio album released by Finnish vocalist Tarja Turunen.

[3] Tarja started the Colours in the Dark World Tour on 17 October 2013, to promote the album.

During the process of composition, Tarja alleged that she "had to learn a lot as a soloist, for good and or evil, and often in the past years [she] thought that [she] would never reach a day coming to the point where [she is] today", also adding that she had a lot of "positive and negative" experiences that would finish on this record, that is "very rich in colors, shadows, deep aspects and that it does not capture at the first listen".

[12] During the middle of 2013, Turunen began via earMUSIC uploading two videos per week until the album itself was released.

[18] "Deliverance" is the first love song Turunen wrote, she revealed that, for this music, she worked closely with Jim Dooley.

Now it's a duet that I do with Justin Furstenfeld, he's from the band Blue October, and I love the work he did, the vocals were amazing so, have fun!"

"Colours In The Dark" was a worldwide chart success, few days after the release, the album collected five Top 10 entries.

For Classic Rock Prog, "Colours In The Dark" must surely be Turunen's strongest solo release to date.

Infernal Masquerade, SOUNDI and Lust For Life Magazine have the same thoughts, saying that's "the best Tarja album to date".

[22] According to Fireworks, with this album, "Tarja has reached a level of sustained maturity and dynamism with her song writing and singing whereby nothing is beyond her capability".