Theodore Rousseau sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Warm and cool are kept in productive tension, creating the kind of chromatic harmony that sustains the eye. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. #B58A4B delivers the chromatic peak at only 3.9% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 75 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. This is palette 7 of Theodore Rousseau's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.