Values in Synthetic Cubism rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The most saturated colour, #74A2D0, is reserved to 4.3% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. A value spread of 59 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light.