animal painting keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. The artist keeps warm and cool in parity, a balance that lends the work a perceptual shimmer. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. Only 5.6% is devoted to #AF834A, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. At 57 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings.