Ilya Mashkov sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from Ilya Mashkov carry the compositional weight. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #664F38 at 25.1% of the palette: an overwhelming presence that pulls all other colours into its gravitational field. The highest-chroma note - #AB723F - appears at just 7.1%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. At 48 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. Palette 8 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Ilya Mashkov's complete body of work advances.