Surrealism works in the upper reaches of the value scale, creating an atmosphere of brightness and expansiveness. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. A restrained, mid-chroma palette: every hue is present and legible, but nothing shouts. #E9DFA0 claims 47.8% of the surface, functioning as the work's tonal foundation. At 2.4%, #381F6E carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. 65 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively.