The high-key values of nude painting (nu) give it an effulgent, almost bleached quality. Built on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #DDD3BD functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (9.5%). Value range is moderate at 53 units - enough contrast for legibility, not so much as to fragment the tonal unity. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively.