genre painting keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones carry the compositional weight. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. The most saturated colour, #995431, is reserved to 5.9% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. A value spread of 60 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light.