Values in Gabriel-Francois Doyen rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Gabriel-Francois Doyen balances warm and cool with remarkable evenness, giving the composition its characteristic vibrancy. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. #917855 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (6.7%). A value spread of 62 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. This is palette 1 of Gabriel-Francois Doyen's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.