Mid-key values give allegorical painting its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. Only 4.3% is devoted to #D1C39D, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. At 56 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings.