Eugene de Blaas keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Neither warm nor cool has the upper hand here; the equilibrium between the two generates the palette's visual energy. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. The highest-chroma note - #E3A1A0 - appears at just 3.2%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 66 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. Palette 5 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Eugene de Blaas's complete body of work advances.