Ralph Hedley sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues that Ralph Hedley deploys as the palette's primary energy. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. At 7.8%, #6A3F31 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 55 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. Palette 7 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Ralph Hedley's complete body of work advances.