Here are the colours you should pick to optimise your rooms, according to an expert

Picking the right colour for a room can make a world of difference, but it can be difficult to know where to start.  Speaking to FEMAIL, Alison Standish, a leading UK colour therapist working with technology brand LG, explained the hues that foster the desired emotions and feelings in each room of the home, from … Read more

Husband secretly paints house all the colours of the rainbow as a ‘surprise’

Wife gets the blues when husband waits for her to go on trip before secretly painting their house all the colours of the rainbow as a ‘surprise’ Mike Goldsmith repainted his Plymouth home after his wife left for a City break  Karen Goldsmith said she had to ‘avert her eyes,’ after her husband’s surprise The … Read more

Vivid colours to cheer hue up! MELANIE McDONAGH reviews Howard Hodgkin’s exhibition Memories

Vivid colours to cheer hue up! MELANIE McDONAGH reviews Howard Hodgkin’s exhibition Memories By Melanie Mcdonagh For The Daily Mail Published: 02:29 GMT, 30 October 2020 | Updated: 02:29 GMT, 30 October 2020 Howard Hodgkin once observed that ‘art is never therapy, except for the spectator’.  And this exhibition of 19 of his works from … Read more

The Block’s Jasmin is randomly shown with two different hair colours throughout the show

Major editing fail! The Block’s Jasmin is randomly shown with two different hair colours throughout the show – with no explanation given for her changing look By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:48 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: 11:47 BST, 21 October 2020 Jasmin was given a momentary makeover during Wednesday’s episode … Read more

The pernicious doctrine of ‘white privilege’ holds back children of all colours says CALVIN ROBINSON

White privilege . . . what an obscene phrase that is.  It is also fundamentally racist in my view, encouraging the bigotry and hatred it pretends to oppose. If you don’t believe me, look at the immense damage it is doing in British schools. This week, Professor Matthew Goodwin, a politics lecturer at the University … Read more

Britain is set for a spectacular autumn with colours even more glorious than usual, experts predict 

Forget the deluge of the past few days – because the colours of autumn that lie ahead are expected to be even more glorious than usual this year. The high levels of sunshine through the summer and into September are likely to create an intense and vibrant range of hues, say experts at the National … Read more

The most Instagrammed paint colours revealed

Instagram bloggers are favouring calming shades of grey, blue and green for their walls, research reveals. Property advice website homehow.co.uk analysed paint colour hashtags on Instagram to reveal the 15 shades garnering the most interest on the social network.  Perhaps unsurprisingly given its rise in popularity in recent years, it is a shade of grey … Read more

Hummingbirds can identify at least eight colours that are invisible to humans

Hummingbirds can spot at least eight colours that are invisible to humans, a study has found. Humans have three types of light-sensitive cone in their eyes, enabling them to see red, green and blue. But birds have a fourth – ultraviolet – revealing colours we can’t even imagine. The difference means that while man can … Read more