Mid-key values give Dante Gabriel Rossetti its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Mid-range chroma keeps the palette grounded - colourful but not strident. #EBDFB0 claims 26.3% of the surface, functioning as the work's tonal foundation. The saturated accent, #B37723, registers at 6.9% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. The full value range is 68 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. Palette 8 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Dante Gabriel Rossetti's complete body of work advances.