Paul Gauguin occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Temperature is balanced: the palette pits warm earth against cool sky without declaring a winner. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. Only 10.4% is devoted to #71493A, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. 63 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. Paul Gauguin's palette 11 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.