mythological painting occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. The palette tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. The most saturated colour, #AC5C3F, is reserved to 3.3% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. 66 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source.