Colours (Donovan song)

"Colours"
Dutch (Pye / Negram) sleeve
Single by Donovan
from the album Fairytale
B-side"To Sing for You"
Released28 May 1965
Recorded5 May 1965
StudioSouthern Music, London
GenreFolk
Length2:44
LabelPye
SongwriterDonovan Leitch
Producers
Donovan UK singles chronology
"Catch the Wind"
(1965)
"Colours"
(1965)
"Turquoise"
(1965)
Donovan US singles chronology
"Catch the Wind"
(1965)
"Colours"
(1965)
"Universal Soldier"
(1965)

"Colours" is a song written and recorded by British singer-songwriter Donovan for his second album, Fairytale. "Colours" was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 28 May 1965 through Pye Records (Pye 7N 15866) and a few months later in the United States through Hickory Records (Hickory 45-1324). The single was backed with "To Sing for You" on the UK release and "Josie" on the US release. Both B-side selections came from Donovan's first album, What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid (1965).