Japonism is high in key: pale, luminous, and filled with optical air. Blues and teal-greys govern the palette, lending it an aquatic or atmospheric quality. Chroma is moderate: colours carry enough saturation to be read as colour, but the palette stops well short of garish intensity. #DAB86E functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (5.8%). At 68 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky.