religious painting occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Warm hues command this palette; it favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. A restrained, mid-chroma palette: every hue is present and legible, but nothing shouts. #BC924E functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (11.7%). At 52 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate.