The value structure of Elias Pieter van Bommel is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #EFECE1 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (10.1%). From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 64 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. Palette 3 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Elias Pieter van Bommel's complete body of work advances.