, and presented by Tyler Maxwell. The show educates children about colors, shapes, and size; the show is co-produced for Netflix by 9 Story USA and IoM Media Ventures (formerly DHX Studios Halifax). The series premiered on Netflix on March 22, 2019, with Season 1 consisting of 13 episodes. Several new episodes (marketed as 3 additional seasons) were released on November 30, 2021. Another 11 episodes (marketed as 2 seasons) were released on June 13, 2022.Charlie's Colorforms City features examples of:
- Amazing Technicolor Population: Every humanoid character has varying vibrant skin colors.
- Ambiguously Human: Violet and Red would look completely human if it weren't for their wacky colors, but Charlie and the other citizens of Colorforms City have much more cartoonish features that make you question what they are exactly.
- Babysitting Episode: In "Silliest Charlie", Charlie, his friends, and even his neighbors, all gather to cheer up a grouchy baby.
- Band Episode: In "Rock Star Charlie", Charlie and his friends start a rock band, but can't decide where to play.
- Birthday Episode: In "Birthday Charlie", it's Charlie's birthday and he forgot to invite people to his party.
- Camping Episode: In "Charlie Goes Camping", Charlie and Miss Weather are on a camping trip when Miss Weather tells Charlie stories about the "forest flamingo", which they then start to look for.
- Character Narrator: The show is formatted to have Charlie make up a story with himself (and the viewer) as the main character(s).
- Colour-Coded Emotions: Charlie's entire body changes color when he feels strong emotions. For example, he turns blue when sad and green when scared.Charlie: [Turns blue] Color me blue. I'm so sad.
- Cowboy Episode: In "Charlie the Cowboy", Charlie becomes a cowboy and sets out to prove himself as the best.
- Fairy Tale Episode: Every season 4 episode is this.
- Fake Interactivity: The show runs on this. Charlie takes the viewer into his stories and acts as if they're writing it with him.
- Free-Range Children: Neither Charlie's, Violet's, nor Red's parents are brought up at any point and they seem to live by themselves.
- Hiccup Hijinks: In "Charlie and the Lightning Hiccups", Charlie gets the titular hiccups, which causes Miss Weather to turn into various different animals and objects every time he hiccups.
- Medium Blending: The main characters and the background characters are animated in 3D and 2D respectively.
- Pirate Episode: The episode "Charlie Is a Pirate".
- Sick Episode: In "Sick Charlie", Charlie gets sick with something he calls "story sneezes", which causes him to lose control of which story he ends up in. It ends with Violet and Red catching it from him.
- Space Episode: In "Charlie's Space Mission", Charlie goes to space with his friends and has several different mishaps.
- Superhero Episode: In "Charlie is Super" Charlie becomes a superhero and has to rescue Klunk.
- Wingding Eyes: Charlie gets heart eyes at certain points, most notably in the episode "Charlie's Little Brother".