Mid-key values give Classicism its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. The most saturated colour, #A79263, is reserved to 6.2% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 69 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth.