Edward Henry Potthast sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Edward Henry Potthast builds on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. The highest-chroma note - #9F855B - appears at just 4.9%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. The value range of 45 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. Palette 7 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Edward Henry Potthast's complete body of work advances.