The high-key values of symbolic painting give it an effulgent, almost bleached quality. The palette orchestrates warmth above all else - reds, ambers, and siennas take the lead. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. The highest-chroma note - #A35740 - appears at just 1.4%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. 59 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls.