animal painting is high in key: pale, luminous, and filled with optical air. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. #BABBBF claims 29.7% of the surface, functioning as the work's tonal foundation. Only 4.0% is devoted to #A07A42, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. The full value range is 69 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky.