Pretty much any of the above color schemes would be good, since it’s Nam doing the painting. 🙂 I tend to lean towards a combination of earth tones and rusty/coppery shades myself, but I think he’ll look good no matter how she dresses him.
Regarding the Fledgeling ‘tude: to me he looks like he’s cute and he knows it–a regular Nermal–but he also looks a little sleepy and a little worried, like maybe in his unguarded moments he’s actually rather insecure. This may explain why I have nine of them. 🙄