Monthly Archives: May 2019
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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The perfectly perfect art of kintsugi
I adore imperfection. Imperfection is, to me, perfection, because it’s real. My life is imperfect [...]
May
In the home of artist Mary Darch
Do you ever visit somewhere and, overwhelmed by its style and substance, find yourself saying, [...]
May
Colour quotes in Shakespeare
When we did Shakespeare at school, I loved any reference to colours For example, Othello’s [...]
May
The story of magenta
I love magenta. Named after a battle between the French and Austrians in Lombardy, this [...]
May
5 colourful holiday destinations
Someone recently asked me what my ideal holiday destination is. On a general level, the [...]
May
Stories about colour blindness
Since I started the Colour File, I’ve been fascinated by the stories it’s led me [...]
May
Frida Kahlo’s colourful diary entry
Colouring pencils excite and inspire me: they are representative of a universe of creative possibilities. [...]
May
The colours of heraldry
When I was a child, my brother and I were occasionally looked after by an [...]
May
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