Light floods sketch and study; the palette keeps values pale and airy across its range. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. #FCE4B5 at 46.1% is both the most chromatic and one of the largest colours in the palette - chroma as mass rather than as highlight. The value range spans 72 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky.