True Colours is the sixth studio album released by New Zealand band Split Enz, and was their first major commercial success.

The US release of the album featured "Shark Attack" and "I Got You" in reversed positions due to the latter's success on the single charts.

"[1] Finn later said of recording, "David Tickle was supremely confident, almost arrogant, but he gave us something to bounce off.

"[2] Originally, the band thought "Missing Person" to be the album's standout track, not realizing "I Got You" would become the hit.

A synthesizer melody played in "I Wouldn't Dream of It" was first introduced in an early Split Enz recording, aptly titled "The Instrumental".

"[1] When it was later released on the A&M label, imaginative shapes and patterns covered the vinyl using a technique known as "laser-etching".

Firstly in 2003, and yet again with the rest of the Split Enz catalogue on 20 May 2006 with the bonus tracks "Things" and "Two of a Kind".

Suddenly we had a lot of teenage girls in our audience and it moved into a different kind of vibe in terms of live performance.” Tim Finn agreed, "If you were a Mental Notes freak, you might have taken a step back at that point.