You See Colours is the second studio album by British rock band Delays, released on 6 March 2006 through Rough Trade Records.

The band released their debut studio album Faded Seaside Glamour in early 2004; by the year's end, they had composed 40 songs for its follow-up.

You See Colours was recorded at studios Real World, Rockfield, and Dustsucker Sound with producer Graham Sutton.

[10][11] In contrast to the guitar-centered sound of Faded Seaside Glamour, You See Colours relies on pop songs and catchy melodies that highlight Gilbert's vocals.

[11] Entertainment.ie described the album as "a flurry of Fleetwood Mac songs sung in the style of a teen Brett Anderson [from Suede] with an '80s twist".

The band had help with the arrangements of some of the songs from Trevor Horn ("Valentine"), Duncan Lewis ("Hideaway"), and Jon Kelly ("This Town's Religion" and "Given Time").

[13][14] The song's synthesizer part sets the tone for the rest of the album, separating it from Faded Seaside Glamour and earning a comparison to the music of A-ha.

[15] The guitar parts in "This Town's Religion" recall those by U2; bassist Colin Fox referred to it as the "love child of the [Stone] Roses and U2".

[43] In Japan, the album was jointly released by Rough Trade and Reservoir Records; this version includes "Someday Soon You're Gonna Happen", "Shadows on Our School", "Talking Me Down", and the music video for "Valentine" as bonus tracks.

[48][49] Two versions of the single were released on CD: the first with "Broken Pylons" and the second with "Aglow Like Honey", a remix of "Valentine", and the music video for "Hideaway" as B-sides.

[15] Nick Southall of Stylus Magazine complimented the "fantastically produced" album, calling its sound "exquisite, futuristic and clean".

[58] musicOMH contributor Jeremy Lloyd found You See Colours to be a "more coherent collection of songs" than Delay's debut album with "at least eight numbers here that would effortlessly sail into the upper echelons of the chart".

[55] Gigwise's Lee Glynn said it is a "surprisingly sound-uncompromising album", the band having crafted a release that is "mature enough to stand on its own rather than be weighed down by comparisons to their last offering".

[14] AllMusic reviewer Sharon Mawer noted the album has "more numbers" in the vein of "Lost in a Melody" that have a "driving beat and a recognizable verse-chorus-verse that built to a crescendo and then musically fell off the edge, only to build again".

[10] The Observer editor Paul Mardles wrote You See Colours has an "electronic pulse that, though disconcerting on the first few listens, complements the group's trademark blissful harmonies".

[57] In a review for NME, journalist Mark Beaumont noted that Gilbert had "sharpened his pop stiletto blade" since the band's first album.

[28] Tom Edwards of Drowned in Sound said the band had "found themselves at a loose end", adding they should be praised for "meeting this challenge head on".