allegorical painting keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Warm hues command this palette; it favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. #261010 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (4.7%). The full value range is 74 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form.