Values in symbolic painting rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues deployed as the palette's primary energy. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. The most saturated colour, #A95A2F, is reserved to 6.9% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The full value range is 57 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form.