Values in Gaetano Chierici rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. The highest-chroma note - #9E6B44 - appears at just 6.5%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 56 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. Gaetano Chierici arrived at this balance through long practice; the palette carries the weight of that experience.