Nicolas Toussaint Charlet occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Neither warm nor cool has the upper hand here; the equilibrium between the two generates the palette's visual energy. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. #98784E functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (10.0%). 43 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony. The palette is recognisably Nicolas Toussaint Charlet's own: particular in its temperature, chroma, and the economy of its brightest note.