Mid-key values give Realism its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues deployed as the palette's primary energy. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #6F5638 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (8.1%). 69 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls.