Gabriel von Max occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Gabriel von Max builds on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The saturated accent, #5C4A35, registers at 7.0% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 63 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source. Gabriel von Max's palette 4 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.