still life sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #9F4F33 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (2.7%). 56 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls.