Mid-key values give M. H. Maxy its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. Rather than a studied accent, #914532 takes 20.0% - a bold allocation that saturates the composition's atmosphere. 68 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. M. H. Maxy arrived at this balance through long practice; the palette carries the weight of that experience.