Mid-key values give Charles Maurin its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. At 10.0%, #E3D6B4 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. A value spread of 70 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. This is the light Charles Maurin preferred, made measurable.