self-portrait sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. The palette tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. #BEAF7F functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (8.0%). From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 64 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively.