Eugene Lepoittevin keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. #1C1209 delivers the chromatic peak at only 10.9% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. The value range of 48 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. This is palette 3 of Eugene Lepoittevin's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.