John Martin distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. John Martin balances warm and cool with remarkable evenness, giving the composition its characteristic vibrancy. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #AF8354 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (8.6%). A value spread of 55 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. This is palette 5 of John Martin's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.