Boris Kustodiev distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. #2E2A29 claims 25.9% of the surface, functioning as the work's tonal foundation. The highest-chroma note - #827544 - appears at just 5.4%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. At 53 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. This is palette 20 of Boris Kustodiev's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.