The value structure of Childe Hassam is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. Childe Hassam balances warm and cool with remarkable evenness, giving the composition its characteristic vibrancy. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. Only 8.4% is devoted to #7C5539, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. At 61 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. In the context of Childe Hassam's full range of palettes, group 23 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.