Not because it’s bright orange, but because it refuses to fade back. Hang it and the wall stops being a gap between doorways. The flat retro shapes give a plain wall a clear focal point, and the warm sandy background keeps the orange friendly rather than shouty. It suits a hallway, the end of a kitchen run, or above a low sideboard in a family room. Pair it with warm wood, cane, tan leather and cream linen, and let the blue in the legs and feathers pick up a cushion or a jug somewhere nearby. Don’t bury it behind clutter or crowd it with other loud colour work it needs a bit of quiet wall to do its job. As a canvas the edges are softer and the surface takes daylight without glare.