Mid-key values give Gustaf Rydberg its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. The chromatic peak belongs to #836E43, and at 10.0% it dominates, not decorates. A value spread of 60 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. Gustaf Rydberg arrived at this balance through long practice; the palette carries the weight of that experience.