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Philippa Stanton: Colour Expert Q&A

Philippa Stanton is a freelance artist, photographer and jigsaw puzzle producer, as well as being an Instagram phenomenon with almost [...]

JENNIE MAIZELS: COLOUR EXPERT Q&A

Jennie Maizels is an artist, illustrator, university lecturer and creator of the highly acclaimed Sketchbook Club online. She is [...]

5 ways colour has helped me cope with coronavirus lockdown

I don’t know about you but I couldn’t have done without colour during the three coronavirus pandemic lockdowns. Here [...]

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The best way to photograph tricky spaces

Do you have a space in your home that you love but can’t seem to photograph right? This little [...]

Quirky shelfie suggestions

What’s the quirkiest object you display on your shelves?  When I buy anything beautiful, I automatically think about where [...]

Happy 1st birthday, Shelfie book!

A WHOLE YEAR! That’s how long it’s been since my book Shelfie came out. A whole year of getting [...]

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Philippa Stanton: Colour Expert Q&A

Philippa Stanton is a freelance artist, photographer and jigsaw puzzle producer, as well as being an Instagram phenomenon with almost [...]

JENNIE MAIZELS: COLOUR EXPERT Q&A

Jennie Maizels is an artist, illustrator, university lecturer and creator of the highly acclaimed Sketchbook Club online. She is [...]

5 ways colour has helped me cope with coronavirus lockdown

I don’t know about you but I couldn’t have done without colour during the three coronavirus pandemic lockdowns. Here [...]

© 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.