Light floods Moscow school of icon painting; the palette keeps values pale and airy across its range. Neither warm nor cool has the upper hand here; the equilibrium between the two generates the palette's visual energy. Chroma is held at a comfortable level - distinct colours, but no single hue is allowed to overwhelm. The most saturated colour, #BC8741, is reserved to 8.7% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. 53 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony. Together these qualities point to the open-air Impressionist method: recording light rather than local colour.