Values in Ludovico Stern rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Warm and cool are kept in productive tension, creating the kind of chromatic harmony that sustains the eye. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. The most saturated colour, #962B1B, is reserved to 5.0% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 61 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. Ludovico Stern arrived at this balance through long practice; the palette carries the weight of that experience.