Hans Gude works in the upper reaches of the value scale, creating an atmosphere of brightness and expansiveness. Warm hues command this palette; Hans Gude favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The highest-chroma note - #534335 - appears at just 5.2%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 63 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. This is palette 6 of Hans Gude's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.