literary painting is high in key: pale, luminous, and filled with optical air. The palette tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. The saturated accent, #AA6248, registers at 5.2% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. At 58 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.