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. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #3E2D22 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (7.6%). 59 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky.