Alan Stephens Foster sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Warm and cool are kept in productive tension, creating the kind of chromatic harmony that sustains the eye. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. The highest-chroma note - #034799 - appears at just 4.0%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. A value spread of 66 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. The palette is a signature: Alan Stephens Foster's particular sense of value, warmth, and colour weight made legible.