Three things it does fast: ground dark green, sharpen brass, wake hallway. It gives a plain wall a face and a bit of humour, so the room stops feeling like a corridor and starts feeling like somewhere people live. Hang it at eye level in a hallway, above a low bookshelf in a study, or on the wall beside a child’s bed. Pair it with painted walls in off-white or soft pink, warm wood shelving, mustard or green textiles and cane furniture. Don’t crowd it with other loud colour blocks or busy patterned art on the same wall it wants a bit of quiet either side to land its joke. On canvas, the paint texture reads soft and matt from across the room.