Juan van der Hamen is built on dark foundations, with values clustered toward shadow. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. 54.1% of the palette belongs to #1B1A17, a concentration that makes it the unmistakable visual centre. Only 2.5% is devoted to #B88739, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 57 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. This tonal restraint is characteristic of the Juan van der Hamen approach: colour serves light, not the reverse. This is palette 9 of Juan van der Hamen's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.