Mid-key values give Metaphysical art its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. At 25.4%, #383532 functions less as a colour accent and more as a complete atmospheric environment. The saturated accent, #C2BA7E, registers at 5.1% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. A value spread of 63 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively.