Values in Fyodor Alekseyev tilt decisively toward white, giving the palette its luminous character. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. #E2D4AF delivers the chromatic peak at only 8.1% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. The full value range is 64 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. These proportions encode Fyodor Alekseyev's instinctive sense of how much of each quality the eye can hold.