Mid-key values give Norbert Joseph Carl Grund its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #A54015 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (0.9%). Spanning 38 units on the value axis, the palette achieves the balance between tonal flatness and fragmentation. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source. These proportions encode Norbert Joseph Carl Grund's instinctive sense of how much of each quality the eye can hold.