The value structure of Simon Ushakov is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. Simon Ushakov keeps warm and cool in parity, a balance that lends the work a perceptual shimmer. A restrained, mid-chroma palette: every hue is present and legible, but nothing shouts. #713B1A functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (7.4%). Spanning 46 units on the value axis, the palette achieves the balance between tonal flatness and fragmentation. Together these qualities point to the open-air Impressionist method: recording light rather than local colour. Palette 5 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Simon Ushakov's complete body of work advances.