Joan Brull sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. The highest-chroma note - #B34420 - appears at just 0.4%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. The value range of 44 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. Palette 5 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Joan Brull's complete body of work advances.