Mid-key values give Charles Jacque its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Temperature is balanced: the palette pits warm earth against cool sky without declaring a winner. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. The most saturated colour, #997539, is reserved to 7.5% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. At 60 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. The palette is a signature: Charles Jacque's particular sense of value, warmth, and colour weight made legible.