American Realism distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. The palette tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. Mid-range chroma keeps the palette grounded - colourful but not strident. Rather than a studied accent, #F1C96A takes 19.1% - a bold allocation that saturates the composition's atmosphere. A value spread of 65 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively.