The value structure of James Malton is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. #EDE1DA functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (1.2%). At 76 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. This is palette 3 of James Malton's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.