Pierre-Auguste Cot keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Warm hues command this palette; Pierre-Auguste Cot favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The highest-chroma note - #8A2027 - appears at just 4.7%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. 70 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. Pierre-Auguste Cot's palette 4 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.