Light floods animal painting; the palette keeps values pale and airy across its range. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The palette gives 26.3% of the composition to a single #DFD6C1 - a decisive chromatic anchor. The saturated accent, #995F3F, registers at 1.8% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. Value range is moderate at 53 units - enough contrast for legibility, not so much as to fragment the tonal unity. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively.