Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues that Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo deploys as the palette's primary energy. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #A94824 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (3.9%). The value range spans 78 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. The palette is a signature: Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo's particular sense of value, warmth, and colour weight made legible.