Mannerism 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. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. Only 2.7% is devoted to #8B543F, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. Value range is moderate at 49 units - enough contrast for legibility, not so much as to fragment the tonal unity.