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7 August ‘18: I miss doing shelfies!

Hello folks. I’ve had such a joyful and colourful holiday in Porto but inevitably the time has come to [...]

6 August ‘18: What’s your chosen superpower?

If you could have a superpower, what would it be? Mine would be flight (how could that EVER lose [...]

5 August ‘18: Porto street art

Hello, folks. Since arriving in Porto four days ago I’ve been hunting for someone I know. Well, not technically [...]

Shelfies

6 August ‘18: Shelfie book at the Tate!

Oh.my.gosh. I am, officially, ridiculously excited. Yesterday, my super-lovely and super-talented Instachum @marydarchdesign (take a look at her gin [...]

1 August ‘18: Beauty in wabi-sabi

Hello again, folks 💙 There’s something about imperfection that I profoundly love. It’s an aesthetic thing – there’s something [...]

1 August ‘18: Ultra Blue

I remember the first time I saw a lapis lazuli gemstone. I was 16 and was Interrailing around Europe [...]

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.