Alfred Kubin occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from Alfred Kubin carry the compositional weight. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. The saturated accent, #987A62, registers at 3.8% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. Spanning 48 units on the value axis, the palette achieves the balance between tonal flatness and fragmentation. Palette 3 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Alfred Kubin's complete body of work advances.