John Quincy Adams keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. Mid-range chroma keeps the palette grounded - colourful but not strident. The most saturated colour, #E58849, is reserved to 5.1% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The value range of 42 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. Palette 3 sits within the larger chromatic argument that John Quincy Adams's complete body of work advances.