Teófilo Castillo Guas occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Warm hues command this palette; Teófilo Castillo Guas favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. The most saturated colour, #654A39, is reserved to 10.0% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The value range spans 58 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. Teófilo Castillo Guas arrived at this balance through long practice; the palette carries the weight of that experience.