Dirk Bouts occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. #883D30 delivers the chromatic peak at only 4.8% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. At 63 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. Dirk Bouts's palette 7 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.