The value structure of John Steuart Curry is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. Warmth dominates - the palette of John Steuart Curry leans heavily on the yellow-orange-red arc of the colour wheel. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #B67A70 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (5.2%). 59 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. This is palette 5 of John Steuart Curry's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.