Values in T. C. Steele rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Temperature is cool-dominant, with blue and green families claiming the largest areas. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. At 5.6%, #C8AF89 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. 68 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. Palette 5 sits within the larger chromatic argument that T. C. Steele's complete body of work advances.