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17 June 18: Blue crystal memories

When I was a little girl visiting my dad, I used to enjoy studying the pictures he’d painted. One [...]

16 June 18: Go green for greater creativity

I’m in a quandary and it’s got me thinking: is there a colour that helps us when we’re stuck [...]

15 June 18: My love affair with colour

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Shelfies

7 June 18: What’s in your handbag?…

How many bags do you own? Me? I’ve lost count (20? 30? More?) largely on account of being a [...]

30 May 18: Car boot heaven or hell?

Hello, folks. I recently read a survey that claimed car boot sales have suffered because of people selling on [...]

28 May 18: S is for ‘shelfie’

Hello colourpeeps. How’s your Bank Holiday weekend turning out? Ours has been a combination of spray-painting and socialising, storm-spotting [...]

Influencers

Colour File interview: Kasie Barton

Kasie Barton is a colour tour de force. DIYer extraordinaire and stylish founder of the For The Love Of [...]

Colour File Interview: Emily Murray

If you’re a lover of interiors or the colour pink – or a delicious mixture of the two – [...]

Colour File Interview: Julie Seabrook Ream

American artist Julie Seabrook Ream is mad about colour. Unable to pick a favourite, she set about showing the [...]

© Martha Roberts, The Colour File™

Hi, I’m Martha Roberts, journalist, mum, ardent second-hand rose and avid collector of colourful objects and images. I’m something of a colour magpie (or maybe a Satin Bowerbird, that quirky bird that collects blue objects to decorate its nest, only in my case a rainbow version…). This colour-craziness is why I started The Colour File.