Albert Bierstadt sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Temperature is balanced: the palette pits warm earth against cool sky without declaring a winner. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. The most saturated colour, #8B6238, is reserved to 8.8% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 64 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. The palette is a signature: Albert Bierstadt's particular sense of value, warmth, and colour weight made legible.