Mid-key values give Cornelis Pietersz. Bega its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from Cornelis Pietersz. Bega carry the compositional weight. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. The saturated accent, #6C3A1B, registers at 3.8% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. Spanning 49 units on the value axis, the palette achieves the balance between tonal flatness and fragmentation. Palette 3 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Cornelis Pietersz. Bega's complete body of work advances.