John Frederick Kensett is strongly light-biased - shadow is suggested rather than declared. John Frederick Kensett tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. 33.3% of the palette belongs to #F3F4F4, a concentration that makes it the unmistakable visual centre. #29120B delivers the chromatic peak at only 2.9% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 76 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. Palette 3 sits within the larger chromatic argument that John Frederick Kensett's complete body of work advances.