Interiors, fashion, creativity or life in general – whatever the subject, there’s always something fascinating to say about colour. Here’s where we talk about it.
Here are some pretty Penguins for your delectation… The colours add beauty to the tomes and you’ll often see [...]
I don’t know about you but I couldn’t have done without colour during the various coronavirus pandemic lockdowns. Here [...]
I love painting things. Every stage thrills me, starting from leafing through paint cards, comparing shades and buying tester [...]
What sayings from your childhood have imprinted themselves indelibly on your brain? My mum was the queen of phrases. [...]
What colour is YOUR house? I’ve walked down this street soooo many times (on account of the fact my [...]
Sometimes life gives you little unexpected gifts: tax rebates (rare), a good hair day (rarer), perhaps a broken-handled wabi-sabi [...]
Good morning and welcome to a new week SIC breaks up tomorrow, which means the massive locker clear-out is [...]
I’ve always loved party decorations When I was a kid and was tasked with licking coloured slivers of paper [...]
I’m on a proper colour roll today… Here’s another close-up I took in my living room the other day. [...]
‘Never work with animals and children’ That’s what W.C.Fields once famously said (second-in-command, aged 12, is incredulous: ‘Why? We’re [...]
Just when you think you’ve seen all the beauty you can take… My colour-loving friends, I want to share [...]
Yesterday, I talked about how Etsy is my go-to destination for superb colour finds. Here’s one that I bought: [...]
What do you do if you have a spare five minutes? Pour yourself a sizeable G&T? Idly swipe your [...]
LOOK at these cuties!! Around 15 years ago I went through a phase of buying colourful crocheted blankets. I [...]
What is it about gerberas? Maybe it’s something to do with the fact that they look like flowers a [...]
I love words I love that there are so many wonderful words to choose from when you’re musing over [...]
What is it about a new notebook? Whenever I get one I get that ‘new school year’ buzz (buying [...]
Hello, folks. I wanted to show you this picture I made for my friend Jen’s 50th birthday @yoyojenjen It’s [...]
Welcome to my world and the #storyofmyhome It’s the one where this glorious creature perpetually chases her brother round [...]
Oh my gosh, just LOOK at these beauties!! Rail after rail of colour-organised vintage dresses, spotted at @topshop in [...]
Here are some pretty Penguins for your delectation The colours don’t just add beauty to the tomes, they also [...]
It’s that time of year I start to feel intense wanderlust In my mind, i circumnavigate the globe and [...]
When i was a little girl, my Mamgu (‘grandmother’ in Welsh) looked after me while my mum went to [...]
What IS it about a set of watercolour paints? Pure, unadulturated colour joy. I love them most when they’ve [...]
OK, so it would seem I’ve discovered a new favourite colourful pastime (like I don’t have enough already): playing [...]
When I started The Colour File, I chose the name for several reasons. When I take pictures, I keep [...]
I’m fascinated by the subject of colour blindness A friend told me about a boyfriend she once had, whose [...]
Hello, folks, and welcome to a new week. Do you take for granted being able to distinguish between different [...]
Where do you head to when you’re feeling flat, melancholy or in need of recalibrating after your cage has [...]
When I was a kid, I loved playing Monopoly. It wasn’t on account of being highly competitive (ok, so [...]
Do you ever have a, ‘Why, Miss Jones, you’re really rather beautiful!’ moment about an area of your home? [...]
I was sketching for one of my colour projects when I realised just how DELICIOUS these pencils looked against [...]
Today, 22 April, is World Earth Day. We should be thinking about our environment every day but our frenetic [...]
Do you have a tattoo? I never used to see myself as a tattoo kind of gal. This was mainly [...]
Who loves colour-blocking? Regular readers of the Colour File will know much I love hiding same coloured objects against [...]
Rules are made to be broken, right? I often think this when I hear sayings that have effectively become [...]
Do you have a colour that distinctly reminds you of someone? When I remember my mum, I think of [...]
Happy Mothers Day from The Colour File I’m forever impressed and amazed at the talent I see on Insta [...]
What do you like to see in a frame? As well as the usual suspects – pictures, prints and [...]
Who loves butterflies? I know not everyone is a fan of animals that flap and flutter (a butterfly phobia [...]
I love the opportunity to immerse myself in paint. Not literally (I’m guessing that’s quite a niche hobby) but [...]
Today it’s a double whammy: its International Colour Day AND the Hindu festival of Holi. As such I’ve been [...]
Colour perceptions are individual – for example, one person’s ‘feeling blue’ blue can be another person’s energising ‘blue sky [...]
Have you ever almost lost your mind over colour? This pic was one of the first I ever took [...]
I remember once learning about the law of entropy. It states that ‘all things tend towards disorder’, whether on [...]
Good morning from Tuesday. Here’s the desaturated plastics pic I promised you. It’s a blend of pieces from Devon, [...]
This weekend I went for a walk along the Thames, close to Colour File HQ. There’s one spot where [...]
Did I ever tell you how much I love colour? No? 🤔😁Let me tell you again. What I love [...]
As a colour-lover, I’m often asked colour questions like, ‘What’s your favourite colour?’ The other one is, ‘What colourful [...]
I love ceramic Staffordshire dogs. Dating back to the 1720s, there are all manner of stories relating to them. [...]
When I worked on a national newspaper, we did long hours (news never sleeps, even if you feel the [...]
One of the things I’ve learned is that colour isn’t just something we see: the moment it seeps into [...]
Throwback to when the dahlias were in full bloom and my bedroom was green.. There’s something so grounding about [...]
I’m forever poring over (read ‘virtually licking’) paint cards in search of the perfect shade of _______ (enter whatever [...]
Good morning, folks. I was really inspired by the @marksandspencerhomepr SS19 event yesterday. As well as being overjoyed to see azure [...]
What object you own gives you the most joy? In the words of Marie Kondo, what ‘sparks joy’ (in [...]
Sending you happy vibes from a sunny Sunday ☀️☀️☀️ One of the first things I see when I wake [...]
I once read that creative people tend to prefer asymmetry (I’m all for buying odd numbers of things rather [...]
Are there any words you love and, conversely, any you don’t like? Apparently, the least favourite word in the [...]
I mentioned some time back how I searched tirelessly for a decade for the perfect coffee table. I eventually [...]
I’m working on a project that’s making me really think about how we organise our stuff. Apparently, us human [...]
What would you buy if money were no object? For me it would be art. I already have a [...]
Do you put candy canes on your Christmas tree? I tried it once but realised it was a no-go [...]
‘Don’t even THINK about it!!’ That was my mum’s standard response when, a long while back, she’d tell me [...]
After the punchy Ultra Violet of 2018, Pantone gave us Living Coral for its 2019 Colour of the Year. [...]
Do you have a favourite room in your home? I love my Angie pink living room and, as a [...]
I once visited a bird sanctuary in Trinidad and I remember doing a 360 degree turn and seeing colourful [...]
I often muse upon the whole ‘What did the first person to do X really think?’ thing. You know, [...]
Hello lovely people I was just lusting over my pile of beloved Penguin poetry books and it got me [...]
As someone who loves colour with a passion, I’m fascinated when people tell me they’re afraid of it. They’re [...]
I’ve never been too hot on the mathematics front (I try to hide in a cupboard if second-in-command needs [...]
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. If life gives you chevron knitwear, then it’s time to thank your [...]
Has colour ever helped you to solve a problem or conundrum? As a trainee reporter, I was asked to [...]
How many facts do you look up each day? I’m not sure if counting will make me feel good [...]
When I was younger, I’d go to the Royal Academy of Arts (RA) with my mum, and (typical kid) [...]
I adore imperfection. Imperfection is, to me, perfection, because it’s real. My life is imperfect in some crucial ways [...]
When we did Shakespeare at school, I loved any reference to colours For example, Othello’s ‘green-eyed monster’ (not to [...]
I love magenta. Named after a battle between the French and Austrians in Lombardy, this colour that is 50:50 [...]
Someone recently asked me what my ideal holiday destination is. On a general level, the answer is almost certainly [...]
Since I started the Colour File, I’ve been fascinated by the stories it’s led me to, including our about [...]
Colouring pencils excite and inspire me: they are representative of a universe of creative possibilities. They also make me [...]
When I was a child, my brother and I were occasionally looked after by an elderly neighbour. She wouldn’t [...]
A childhood of being dressed in ‘autumn’ colours and living in a beige-coloured house was enough to give me [...]
Who, what or where is your creative muse? Although historically a person or even a goddess, I’ve discovered that [...]
Hands up who loves poetry? I have to confess, I don’t love it all. There are some poems I [...]
Welcome to Saturday, folks. One of the things I love about colour is how we come to recognise and [...]
Ever wondered what’s behind the term ‘green room’? TV studios have them for waiting guests to help calm their [...]
Anyone out there play tiddlywinks? Apparently its a highly competitive pursuit, thanks to a bunch of Cambridge University undergrads [...]
My mum once said she could never marry anyone who sings out of tune. I think my criteria would [...]
Who loves aerial views? Whether it’s the view from a plane or pictures of the earth from space, I’ve [...]
A friend of mine was an avid collector of stamps when he was a kid. He’d buy them with [...]
Have you ever noticed something for the first time that you’ve actually seen a million times before? I had [...]
When I was at primary school, if you were really well-behaved you got to mix the paints. They came [...]
Don’t you love colourful traditions? They’re a thing of family and fable, often springing from quirky habits and strong [...]
Colour is potent and powerful and has the ability to effect change in so many ways. At the London [...]
When I went to Peru a few years ago, I was captivated by the awesome Andes (altitude sickness aside) [...]
As a bit of a swot, I always quite liked the start of a new academic year. Covering exercise [...]
On The Colour File a while back, I told you about the time my brother and I were made [...]
HANDS UP who had a Wendy house when they were a kid? I didn’t (which possibly explains the ‘dolls [...]
One of my favourite colourful things about Porto is the traditional azulejo tiles. There are buildings where lore and [...]
Fractal pictures were all the rage in 1989 (yeah, ok, so you weren’t even born then…) when I went [...]
In Porto I saw ceramic birds for sale at every turn. I was told they first came about in [...]
I always wear green for Oscar, my son’s twin brother, who died. It’s a colour tradition that happened largely [...]
Those of you who know me will know I’m not the biggest fan of black and white in interiors. [...]
I want to share a colour story that was told to me in Porto. As you know, I am [...]
Since arriving in Porto four days ago I’ve been hunting for someone I know. Well, not technically ‘know’: more [...]
Good morning, folks. Well, I’m three days in to my Porto colour holiday and I’m having a riot, so [...]
When we were working on Shelfie back in deepest, darkest January, with short shooting days, the colours du jour [...]
I recently read that 40 per cent of millennials choose holiday destinations based on whether they’ll photograph well for [...]
When it comes to interiors, colour tends to come first, before I think about anything else. In many ways [...]
I have this thing about bridges. I told you about my love of the Severn River Crossing back in [...]
As you may recall, I recently changed the colour of the front door at Colour File HQ. ‘Yeah, so?’ [...]
I’m off to Wales – the Land of my Fathers – where, I’ve been happily reassured, it’s a good [...]
Do you ever fixate on a colour then discover it pops up in your life in all manner of [...]
Good morning, folks. I know it’s only 24 hours since Shelfie was published, but I felt the need to [...]
Recently, I’ve been creating a series of Thames plastic collages, set against different coloured backgrounds. In a slightly obsessional [...]
Are you a furniture-shifter? Guilty as charged. When I was a kid, I loved nothing more than changing the [...]
Did I ever tell you about my coffee table (see here, in the foreground)? I spent literally a decade [...]
Do you ever come across a colour that makes you think, ‘I need to see more of that!’? I [...]
When I was kid, my mum told me she was known by friends at her Welsh boarding school as [...]
Hello, folks. I’m on such a colour high after yesterday that I thought I’d spread some more Thames coloured [...]
Who saw the lightning in London last night? As second-in-command and his friend ran in and out of the [...]
What are your thoughts on analogous colours – clusters of colours next to each other on the colour wheel? [...]
Morning, my colour-loving friends. Now, I don’t know what it is but there’s something about this yellow Thames plastic [...]
I grew up near the River Thames and I live near it now, just a few miles from my [...]
Recently I blogged about my love of colours that seem to defy categorisation. Well, I’m pleased to say that [...]
Happiness is making things, especially if it involves colour. Here at The Colour File, we’ve been lusting after MT [...]
Happy Sunday, Colour Filers 🦊🦀🦐🔥🍊 And what a sunny Sunday its turning out to be. It’s getting me in [...]
Hello to all you lovers of green I love this shade of green – I spied these impossibly high [...]
I’m big into orange at the moment, or, more specifically, mandarin and tangerine. I spotted some matched with pink [...]
Here’s a dose of red and green, despite the popular saying that dictates they should never be seen together [...]
Happy Thursday, folks 🦋🌼🐻. I did it again…I went in search of colour and found macaroons…happily, they go perfectly [...]
During my gap year when I was 18, I worked in an orphanage in southern India. After washing my [...]
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