Open the curtains at mid-morning; the bright orange will handle the drama. This is a piece that gives a plain wall something to say without filling it up. Hung on a chalky off-white or pale grey wall, it pulls a room’s odd colours together the blue steadies things, the orange lifts them. It works above a sideboard, along a hallway, or on a kitchen wall where you want a bit of cheer at breakfast. Pair it with pale wood, linen, black metal handles and simple cream crockery. Keep the wall around it clear and avoid heavy patterned wallpaper, which will fight the flat shapes and lose the bird altogether. On premium fine-art paper the flat blocks of colour and the grainy texture stay crisp and matte.