 The Shermans thus compare colors to musical notes, stating in the lyric that "Color has its harmony".Red>Orange>Orange-Yellow>Yellow>Green>Blue>Purple>Red...

A slightly different recording of "The Spectrum Song" was issued in 1961 on as a 45 RPM single on Disneyland Records (DBR-34), again with vocals by Frees as Von Drake.This second recording was reissued on Disc Three of the CD set "The Music of Disney