Mid-key values give John Duncan Fergusson its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The most saturated colour, #9F524A, is reserved to 4.4% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 55 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. This is palette 4 of John Duncan Fergusson's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.