Values in Nicolas-Marie Gatteaux rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from Nicolas-Marie Gatteaux carry the compositional weight. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. #A16D4A functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (6.5%). A value spread of 68 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. The palette is a signature: Nicolas-Marie Gatteaux's particular sense of value, warmth, and colour weight made legible.