Mid-key values give Mikhail Shibanov its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Warmth dominates - the palette of Mikhail Shibanov leans heavily on the yellow-orange-red arc of the colour wheel. Saturation is measured and controlled, giving the palette presence without visual aggression. The most saturated colour, #1E0E06, is reserved to 8.2% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The value range of 52 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. In the context of Mikhail Shibanov's full range of palettes, group 3 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.