Ukiyo-e works in the upper reaches of the value scale, creating an atmosphere of brightness and expansiveness. Warm and cool tones are held in careful balance - neither family dominates, creating tension and resolution simultaneously. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The most saturated colour, #315073, is reserved to 5.1% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 57 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth.