Carl Spitzweg sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The most saturated colour, #804246, is reserved to 6.7% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. A value spread of 60 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. In the context of Carl Spitzweg's full range of palettes, group 9 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.