While I’m officially mourning my summer manicures full of florals and saying goodbye to my very last pretty pastel polish of the year, that doesn’t mean autumn’s manicure trends are any less exciting.

As Pantone's "colour of the year 2025" is announced, we explore the paint shades that are trending now – and find out which colours can improve our mood. Deciding on the colour of a room at home is a ...

The human eye can physically perceive millions of colours. But we don’t all recognise these colours in the same way. Some people can’t see differences in colours – so called colour blindness – due to ...

Unpredictable and accidental combinations are gaining currency in design and textiles. Dominic Lutyens explores a ‘new vocabulary’ of colour. Colour touches us all in different ways – we each tend to ...

Seeing seven colours in a rainbow is down to what we expect to see, not reality. In fact, there are many more colours in a rainbow, as our readers explain Our perception of a rainbow is coloured (pun ...