Magic Realism occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues deployed as the palette's primary energy. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. The saturated accent, #AB7F3D, registers at 3.0% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. The palette spans 41 value units: a measured range that delivers coherence over drama.