Mid-key values give Aubrey Beardsley its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Warm hues command this palette; Aubrey Beardsley favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #A8886E delivers the chromatic peak at only 6.3% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. The full value range is 67 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. This is palette 3 of Aubrey Beardsley's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.