Beauty assistant: Alice Robertson Bright, bold and lots of fun – meet my new favourite polishes For some time I think I suffered from nail polish fatigue. For years I’d been a dedicated follower of coloured varnishes, from a love of classic red for summer holidays all the way to flamboyant nail art. Then suddenly … Read more
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 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
While we can’t get close to one another (just yet), the way we dress is more important than ever. At a two-metre distance, your full outfit can be fully seen and observed. So rather than trying to hide your shape away, or behind dull colours, it’s time to be brave and add a touch of … Read more
Moisture in the air is triggering the degradation of the 20th century masterpiece The Scream by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, scientists say. An international team used the world’s biggest X-ray to analyse paint micro-flakes from The Scream, which is kept in the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway. Cadmium sulphide, used as a pigment in the … Read more