Gabriele Smargiassi keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Temperature is balanced: the palette pits warm earth against cool sky without declaring a winner. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The highest-chroma note - #A6723E - appears at just 3.3%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. 45 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony. This is palette 3 of Gabriele Smargiassi's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.