Orientalism distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones carry the compositional weight. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. At 10.1%, #D8C29E carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. 49 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony.