Early Renaissance is high-key - luminous, open, and weighted toward light. Built on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. A single dominant - #E4E0D7 at 35.8% - sets the character of the whole composition. Only 3.9% is devoted to #8F8244, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 58 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source.