She is the largest plug-in diesel-electric hybrid vessel in the world and entered service in August 2019.

[3] The order was confirmed the following month,[4] and construction began with a steel-cutting ceremony on 14 July at the CRIST shipyard in Gdynia, Poland.

[6] In early November, Color Hybrid's hull reached the shipbuilding hall in Ulsteinvik, where construction continued until her delivery in mid-2019.

[8] Color Hybrid was built to a Fosen Yard design, and measures 160 metres (520 ft) long, with a capacity of up to 2,000 passengers and 500 vehicles, personnel on board is 100.

[8][7][9][10] The battery system is charged via shore power at Sandefjord and from on-board generators driven by the diesel engines.