Values in Maria Blanchard rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Maria Blanchard builds on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. At 27.6%, #CEC1AB functions less as a colour accent and more as a complete atmospheric environment. #CAAB23 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (1.8%). The full value range is 61 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. Palette 5 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Maria Blanchard's complete body of work advances.