Carl Bloch occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from Carl Bloch carry the compositional weight. Saturation is measured and controlled, giving the palette presence without visual aggression. The most saturated colour, #8F3B19, is reserved to 4.6% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. At 48 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. Palette 9 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Carl Bloch's complete body of work advances.