Mid-key values give Torsten Wasastjerna its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues that Torsten Wasastjerna deploys as the palette's primary energy. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #895C42 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (5.0%). A value spread of 83 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. These proportions encode Torsten Wasastjerna's instinctive sense of how much of each quality the eye can hold.