Thomas Sully 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; Thomas Sully 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. #A96541 delivers the chromatic peak at only 4.0% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 67 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. In the context of Thomas Sully's full range of palettes, group 6 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.