Monthly Archives: June 2018
Colour Experts
Helen Gilbert, Luxe 39: My Colourful World
Helen Gilbert is the brains behind luxury velvet cushion company Luxe 39. Here, she tells [...]
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Colour stories
5 ways colour helped me cope with coronavirus lockdown
I don’t know about you but I couldn’t have done without colour during the various [...]
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Colour stories
How to paint a mini-mural in 15 minutes
I love painting things. Every stage thrills me, starting from leafing through paint cards, comparing [...]
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Colour stories
Where to find colour in London: Liberty’s
Where do you head to when you’re feeling flat, melancholy or in need of recalibrating [...]
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Colour Experts Colour stories
10 books about colour
As a colour-lover, I’m often asked colour questions like, ‘What’s your favourite colour?’ The other [...]
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Colour Experts
Quirk & Rescue’s Ms Pink: My Colourful World
From incredible wallpaper, cushions and prints through to bespoke hand-painted furniture, the signature prints of [...]
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Shelfies
How to ‘shelfie’ your way to mindfulness
Can creating ‘shelfies’ help as a form of mindful activity? Martha Roberts asks the experts… [...]
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Colour stories
How to create the perfect (colourful) freelance space
When I worked on a national newspaper, we did long hours (news never sleeps, even [...]
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Colour stories
The psychology of pink
One of the things I’ve learned is that colour isn’t just something we see: the [...]
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Colour Experts
Lisa Dawson: My Colourful World
Lisa Dawson is an interiors blogger, writer and presenter whose weekly blog inspires fans on Instagram and [...]
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Colour stories
5 colourful holiday destinations
Someone recently asked me what my ideal holiday destination is. On a general level, the [...]
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Shelfies
14 May 18: ‘Shelfie’ is on its way!
BOOK NEWS!!!!!! OK, so I’m seriously excited. Some of you know (because you’ve been an [...]
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20 April 18: How many blankets is enough?…
My love of blankets is well-documented in The Colour File. In the same way that [...]
Jun
19 April 18: Vert de gris girl power
I don’t know about you but the colour vert de gris always makes me think [...]
Jun
18 April 18: Down in the subway
Good morning from sunny London. I remember the first time I went to New York [...]
Jun
17 April 18: Balloon Flower (Red)
I read once that adrenaline heightens memory (which is why, I guess, shocking things often [...]
Jun
16 April 18: The very best of nature
One of life’s simple joys is a rainbow 🌈, don’t you think? The other day [...]
Jun
13 April 18: Favourite trainers
OK, folks, you’re going to have to humour me for a bit while I carry [...]
Jun
12 April 18: The one that got away
Hands up who is haunted by the one that got away? I don’t mean a [...]
Jun
11 April 18: Colour collecting in NYC
Hello people. We’ve just landed in London and it’s grey, grey, grey (I know you [...]
Jun
9 April 18: MoCCAFestNYC
My first memory of comics dates back to when I was four and my brother, [...]
Jun
8 April 18: Using pink to protest
Early last year, I remember watching The Women’s March on TV and loving the sea [...]
Jun
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