Joseph Adam keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Blues and teal-greys govern the palette, lending it an aquatic or atmospheric quality. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. The saturated accent, #AC933C, registers at 5.0% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 71 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. These proportions encode Joseph Adam's instinctive sense of how much of each quality the eye can hold.