Ukiyo-e works in the upper reaches of the value scale, creating an atmosphere of brightness and expansiveness. The artist keeps warm and cool in parity, a balance that lends the work a perceptual shimmer. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. #EEDFC6 delivers the chromatic peak at only 10.3% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. At 61 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings.