Mid-key values give Pierre Puvis de Chavannes its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes builds on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #717435 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (9.0%). From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 55 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. Palette 3 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Pierre Puvis de Chavannes's complete body of work advances.