James Hamilton occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. James Hamilton balances warm and cool with remarkable evenness, giving the composition its characteristic vibrancy. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The most saturated colour, #674D36, is reserved to 5.6% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The value range spans 55 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. In the context of James Hamilton's full range of palettes, group 6 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.