Otto Dix sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Otto Dix keeps warm and cool in parity, a balance that lends the work a perceptual shimmer. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. Otto Dix gives 34.2% of the composition to a single #1D1F2A - a decisive chromatic anchor. #B99E60 delivers the chromatic peak at only 4.2% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. The full value range is 63 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. Palette 8 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Otto Dix's complete body of work advances.