The value structure of David Davies is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. David Davies balances warm and cool with remarkable evenness, giving the composition its characteristic vibrancy. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. The most saturated colour, #806D3C, is reserved to 8.0% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. 58 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. These proportions encode David Davies's instinctive sense of how much of each quality the eye can hold.