Mid-key values give Eugène Laurent its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. Only 10.0% is devoted to #41382A, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. At 66 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. Eugène Laurent arrived at this balance through long practice; the palette carries the weight of that experience.