The high-key values of Abstract Expressionism give it an effulgent, almost bleached quality. Built on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. #EFEDE7 claims 33.0% of the surface, functioning as the work's tonal foundation. #DC8E34 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (2.2%). The full value range is 61 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively.