symbolic painting distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. Only 3.3% is devoted to #7C4C33, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. At 53 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate.