Mid-key values give Thomas Moran its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Thomas Moran balances warm and cool with remarkable evenness, giving the composition its characteristic vibrancy. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. The most saturated colour, #E3D5C3, is reserved to 5.0% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The value range spans 62 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. This is palette 4 of Thomas Moran's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.