Taras Shevchenko is strongly light-biased - shadow is suggested rather than declared. Taras Shevchenko tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. Only 12.7% is devoted to #CBAE74, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 63 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. These proportions encode Taras Shevchenko's instinctive sense of how much of each quality the eye can hold.