Values in João Batista da Costa rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. João Batista da Costa builds on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #64561D functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (8.7%). 53 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. This is palette 3 of João Batista da Costa's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.