Mid-key values give Homer Watson its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Temperature is balanced: the palette pits warm earth against cool sky without declaring a winner. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. Only 4.0% is devoted to #8D834D, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. 68 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. Homer Watson's palette 4 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.