No, the deep blue doesn’t soften the room. It defines it. Everything else here is warm cream, brown and quiet green, so that one stretch of peacock blue becomes the colour your eye goes to first and keeps returning to. Hang it above a sofa, a long sideboard or a bed, at a width that lets the tail sweep out without hitting a door frame or a corner. Around it, dark wood, aged leather, deep green velvet and stoneware all sit comfortably; a rattan chair or a celadon vase picks up the antique Japanese feel. Don’t crowd it with other strong images, and skip cool grey-blue paint nearby it fights the warm aged background instead of supporting it. Printed as canvas, stretched over a wooden frame and ready to hang.