Category Archives: Colour stories
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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A story about colourful stamps
A friend of mine was an avid collector of stamps when he was a kid. [...]
Oct
Eduardo Paolozzi’s London Underground mosaics
Have you ever noticed something for the first time that you’ve actually seen a million [...]
Oct
Memories of mixing school powder paint
When I was at primary school, if you were really well-behaved you got to mix [...]
Sep
The story of sugar almonds
Don’t you love colourful traditions? They’re a thing of family and fable, often springing from [...]
Sep
Colour for mental health
Colour is potent and powerful and has the ability to effect change in so many [...]
Sep
In love with Peruvian textiles
When I went to Peru a few years ago, I was captivated by the awesome [...]
Sep
The story of Stib colouring pencils
As a bit of a swot, I always quite liked the start of a new [...]
Sep
The story of red clover bugs
On The Colour File a while back, I told you about the time my brother [...]
Sep
Colourful beach huts
HANDS UP who had a Wendy house when they were a kid? I didn’t (which [...]
Sep
Blue & white azulejo tiles
One of my favourite colourful things about Porto is the traditional azulejo tiles. There are [...]
Sep
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