Abstract Expressionism is strongly light-biased - shadow is suggested rather than declared. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues deployed as the palette's primary energy. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. A single dominant - #D9C9BA at 27.5% - sets the character of the whole composition. At 6.7%, #C4A743 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. The value range of 52 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme.