genre painting keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. The palette tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. At 8.3%, #533526 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. 60 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively.