The animal painting tradition carries a consistent chromatic signature, and this master palette captures its essence. Values in animal painting rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. 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. The saturated accent, #C9AF79, registers at 5.6% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 60 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. Any work aspiring to the animal painting sensibility would find reliable footing in these values.