Not because it’s purple, but because it refuses to fade back. This Matisse cut-out poster brings deep purple, black, soft green and a punch of yellow into a room without asking permission.

Put it up and the wall stops being background. The flat shapes hold their ground from across the room, and the small blue panel pulls you in close. A quiet corner suddenly has something to say.

It earns its keep in a living room, a study, or a wide hallway anywhere you walk past it daily. Hang it solo at eye level, or anchor a small cluster around it.

Pair with walnut, oak, black metal, linen and boucl. Cream walls and a black or oak frame keep the colour doing the work.

Don’t fight it with another loud pattern on the same wall. Printed as canvas wall art, stretched over a wooden frame and ready to hang.