Colour Stories
5 fun facts about the colour purple
Hello colour lover! This month we’re going to be looking at some fun facts about the colour purple. We go on a colourful journey of accidential discoveries, royal degrees and and car colours. Here are my top 5 favourite facts about this wonderful hue! 1. Purple dye – a colourful accident! Imagine creating a dye…
Read MoreOn the Colour Couch with artist Anna Proctor
Anna and I met a few years ago at one of the Decorcafe network events held at Assael architecture in Putney, southwest London where we discussed our shared passion for colour. I love hearing an artists relationship with the colours they use, so it was wonderful to hear Anna’s story. So it’s over to Anna…
Read More5 of my favourite colourful Instagram feeds
Hello colour lover! I thought I’d share my favourite colourful Instagram feeds with you. Then I realised it was a near impossible task as there are so many I love. So I decided to share five of my favourites now and then share more in the months to come. The five I’ve chosen are quite…
Read MoreOn the Colour Couch with Anna Jacobs
Back in March I went along to the Crystal Palace Artists’ Open House weekend and caught up with James Balston (June’s Colour Couch interview) and he told me that I must go meet Anna and see her colourful home adding “She’s expecting you, I’ve told her all about you!”. So off I went and to…
Read MoreWhat’s been your go-to colour during lockdown?
Have you found yourself gravitating towards a particular colour during the many months of lockdown? Orange is my favourite colour and I was surprised looking back it wasn’t the colour that I was drawn to during lockdown. The colour that nourished me was yellow! On reflection, I think I love that it’s always so happy…
Read MoreOn the Colour Couch with Interiors Photographer James Balston
James and I met back in 2011 when I used a series of his photographs for my chapter on Colour in Interiors for the industry text book Colour Design: Theories and Applications. We’ve kept in touch crossing paths many times at design industry events and earlier this year at the Crystal Palace Artists’ Open House,…
Read More5 fun facts about the colour orange
Hello colour lover! This month we’re going to be looking at some of the fun facts about the colour orange, which just happens to be my favourite colour! Here I share my top 5 favourite facts about this wonderful hue! 1. The evolution of the colour name Orange What do you do when you don’t…
Read MoreKaren’s Adventures In Colour For May
Hello colour lovers! How are you doing with another month of staying at home? I have been appreciating nature and all her beauty even more. She has been quenching my thirst for colour along with the colourful wonders of Instagram. They have been my source of inspiration for my colour adventures for May… Let’s Stay…
Read MoreOn the Colour Couch with The Colour File’s Martha Roberts
Martha (from The Colour File) and I first met when she was writing a colour column for Psychologies magazine and she emailed me to ask if she could ask me some questions. This became a monthly chat with each new colour she was exploring and I’d shared my insights into what different colours meant from…
Read More5 fun facts about the colour pink
Hello colour lover! This month we’re going to be looking at some of the fun facts about the colour pink. Here I share my top 5 favourite facts about this wonderful hue! 1. How Pink got its name I just love learning how colours get their name and I especially love how pink got it’s…
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