Light curves in u- to H-band of 26 SE SNe with data obtained prior to t_max in at least one band. Each filtered light curve is normalized to peak brightness and aligned to t_max estimated from the best fit of Eq. (1)(colored solid lines) to the observed photometry. Shown below each light-curve panel are the residuals of the light-curve fits. Objects are color-coded based on their subtype: SNe IIb are green, SNe Ib are blue, SNe Ic are red, and SNe Ic-BL are magenta.