The four-part miniseries was created, written and directed by Erica Glynn and Steven McGregor, and stars Rarriwuy Hick as a detective in a remote community in the Northern Territory.
True Colours tells the story of detective Toni Alma, who is assigned to investigate a suspicious car accident in Perdar Theendar, the Aboriginal community she left as a child.
[2] Danielle MacLean also wrote for the series, which was produced by Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey and Penny Smallacombe for SBS Television and NITV.
[4] Hundreds of works by artists from Central Australia feature in the series, which represents Arrernte culture and language.
[5] Critics gave the series favourable reviews, with TV Week calling it "authentic and powerful".