The value structure of Horace Vernet is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. Warmth dominates - the palette of Horace Vernet leans heavily on the yellow-orange-red arc of the colour wheel. Chroma is moderate: colours carry enough saturation to be read as colour, but the palette stops well short of garish intensity. The saturated accent, #D9967D, registers at 10.4% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. The value range of 53 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Horace Vernet's complete body of work advances.