vanitas is strongly light-biased - shadow is suggested rather than declared. Temperature is cool-dominant, with blue and green families claiming the largest areas. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. The dominant colour, #F2E5CF, takes 39.2% of the total area, establishing the overall mood before any other hue is introduced. #754F42 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (4.1%). A value spread of 58 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively.