Man Ray sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Warm and cool are kept in productive tension, creating the kind of chromatic harmony that sustains the eye. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. The saturated accent, #6C3223, registers at 3.7% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. A value spread of 70 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. In the context of Man Ray's full range of palettes, group 3 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.