Edwin Austin Abbey sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Edwin Austin Abbey tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #8DB48A delivers the chromatic peak at only 5.4% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. The full value range is 63 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. This is palette 1 of Edwin Austin Abbey's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.