Values in Richard Dadd rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Richard Dadd builds on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. #9B8C5F functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (5.8%). The value range of 32 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. Richard Dadd's palette 1 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.