Gabriel-Francois Doyen occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Gabriel-Francois Doyen balances warm and cool with remarkable evenness, giving the composition its characteristic vibrancy. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The saturated accent, #917855, registers at 6.7% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. At 62 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. Taken together, these qualities constitute Gabriel-Francois Doyen's chromatic voice - distinctive enough to be read across an entire body of work.