Jean-François de Troy sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Warm and cool are kept in productive tension, creating the kind of chromatic harmony that sustains the eye. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. #C8A95F functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (5.4%). The value range spans 78 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. This is palette 1 of Jean-François de Troy's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.