Utagawa Kuniyoshi sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Temperature is balanced: the palette pits warm earth against cool sky without declaring a winner. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. At 6.4%, #BE936B carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. The full value range is 65 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. In the context of Utagawa Kuniyoshi's full range of palettes, group 12 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.