Mid-key values give Konstantin Makovsky its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Warm and cool are kept in productive tension, creating the kind of chromatic harmony that sustains the eye. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. #C9AF61 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (6.3%). The full value range is 57 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. Palette 20 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Konstantin Makovsky's complete body of work advances.