Values in Mannerism rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. The artist keeps warm and cool in parity, a balance that lends the work a perceptual shimmer. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. At 2.3%, #E5D8A8 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. At 60 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings.