Maria Blanchard 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 that Maria Blanchard deploys as the palette's primary energy. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #1C1817 claims 25.1% of the surface, functioning as the work's tonal foundation. The saturated accent, #7E692E, registers at 3.0% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. 54 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony. This is palette 9 of Maria Blanchard's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.