Mid-key values give High Renaissance its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones carry the compositional weight. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. Only 8.2% is devoted to #CFAE84, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 66 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth.