[3] Outline in Color was formed in August 2009[4] by unclean vocalist Trevor Tatro, clean vocalist Jonathan Grimes, guitarists CJ Cochran and Forrest Mankins, keyboard player Michael Skaggs and drummer Austin McFerrin.

On September 28, 2010, they self-released their first EP, produced by Joey Sturgis, with bass parts contributed by Tatro.

Initially, they planned to record it with Tom Denney, but due to schedule issues, they instead worked with Andrew Wade.

The song, called "I Ain't Afraid of No Ghost", featured Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire.

In mid-2013, the band signed to StandBy Records and released their first stand-alone single with the label in October, "I Am My Own Invention".

The iTunes version of the album's first song is called "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea", (this is alternatively titled as "Live to Tell" on physical copies).

In February 2015, the band released a Japanese only single called Fever Frenzy, accompanied by a music video.

In September 2017, the band announced they had reunited with previous clean vocalist Jonathan Grimes and released three new singles; Three Knee Deep, Year 8 and an acoustic version of The Chase Scene.

It was the last album to feature drummer Nick Taylor, who left the band in July that year.

His replacement for the live shows was original drummer Austin McFerrin, who then re-joined the band in September 2019.

On November 6, unclean vocalist Trevor Tatro announced his departure from the band due to personal problems.

In December 2021, Outline in Color released the non-album single "Snakebit", their debut on their new label Thriller Records.