Charles Demuth distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. Charles Demuth keeps warm and cool in parity, a balance that lends the work a perceptual shimmer. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. The most saturated colour, #804036, is reserved to 9.2% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 61 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. The palette is a signature: Charles Demuth's particular sense of value, warmth, and colour weight made legible.