Latest Stories

22 March 18: Why I love convex mirrors

I have this thing about convex mirrors. I can’t get enough of them. I think my love of them [...]

21 March 18: Colour-ordered clothes

Looking in my wardrobe this morning, I’ve realised I’m missing a huge opportunity: my clothes aren’t arranged in colour [...]

20 March 18: Happily lost in wallpaper

Hello folks. Have you ever got lost in a picture, or imagined yourself wandering through wallpaper? When I was [...]

Shelfies

14 March 18: Yellow shelfie

Hello from Wednesday 🐣🐥🐤 I love this time of year: for someone who adores pastels and sorbet colours, Spring [...]

8 March 18: Green shelfie

Hello folks 🌱🌿🍀🍃🍏💚 The other day I asked for your suggestions on what shelfie to do next. One of [...]

6 March 18: Neon fluoro shelfie

Good morning, folks. If you’ve been following my feed, you’ll know I’ve been doing a series of shelfies with [...]

Influencers

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 [...]

Colour File Interview: Emma Jane Palin

Emma Jane Palin is a London-based creative lifestyle blogger with an avid love for design, interiors, and travel. With [...]

© 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.