Maurice Quentin de La Tour sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #694B36 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (9.6%). 66 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. In the context of Maurice Quentin de La Tour's full range of palettes, group 4 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.