animal painting works in the upper reaches of the value scale, creating an atmosphere of brightness and expansiveness. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. The most saturated colour, #957D59, is reserved to 6.5% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The full value range is 58 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively.