Mid-key values give Surrealism its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. The saturated accent, #B26953, registers at 4.9% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. 71 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls.