wildlife painting is high-key - luminous, open, and weighted toward light. Built on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. At 33.5%, #ECEAE1 functions less as a colour accent and more as a complete atmospheric environment. #E1B87A delivers the chromatic peak at only 6.0% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 66 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.