Luc-Olivier Merson occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Luc-Olivier Merson keeps warm and cool in parity, a balance that lends the work a perceptual shimmer. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. At 9.5%, #9C8A67 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. At 53 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. In the context of Luc-Olivier Merson's full range of palettes, group 7 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.