Values in John Absolon rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Warmth dominates - the palette of John Absolon leans heavily on the yellow-orange-red arc of the colour wheel. A restrained, mid-chroma palette: every hue is present and legible, but nothing shouts. #C4A160 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (6.3%). 55 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. In the context of John Absolon's full range of palettes, group 4 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.