Values in portrait rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. The artist keeps warm and cool in parity, a balance that lends the work a perceptual shimmer. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. 26.9% of the palette belongs to #1B1924, a concentration that makes it the unmistakable visual centre. #C2A17D functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (3.8%). From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 62 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth.