Ezra Ames occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Ezra Ames orchestrates warmth above all else - reds, ambers, and siennas take the lead. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The most saturated colour, #C69756, is reserved to 12.5% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 60 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. Ezra Ames arrived at this balance through long practice; the palette carries the weight of that experience.