Values in Ipolit Strambu rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #DBBC57 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (2.6%). Value range is moderate at 46 units - enough contrast for legibility, not so much as to fragment the tonal unity. This is palette 3 of Ipolit Strambu's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.