Mid-key values give Early Renaissance its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. 32.0% of the palette belongs to #181211, a concentration that makes it the unmistakable visual centre. #AC3C26 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (3.2%). From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 65 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth.