Category Archives: Colour stories

Coloured bar charts: the (only) best bit of maths

I’ve never been too hot on the mathematics front (I try to hide in a [...]

The story of Missoni stripes & chevrons

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. If life gives you chevron knitwear, then it’s [...]

A story about colourful phone directories

Has colour ever helped you to solve a problem or conundrum? As a trainee reporter, [...]

The story of denim

How many facts do you look up each day? I’m not sure if counting will [...]

The story of how the RA cups went missing…

When I was younger, I’d go to the Royal Academy of Arts (RA) with my [...]

The perfectly perfect art of kintsugi

I adore imperfection. Imperfection is, to me, perfection, because it’s real. My life is imperfect [...]

Colour quotes in Shakespeare

When we did Shakespeare at school, I loved any reference to colours For example, Othello’s [...]

The story of magenta

I love magenta. Named after a battle between the French and Austrians in Lombardy, this [...]

5 colourful holiday destinations

Someone recently asked me what my ideal holiday destination is. On a general level, the [...]

Stories about colour blindness

Since I started the Colour File, I’ve been fascinated by the stories it’s led me [...]