Values in Vajda Lajos rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. At 3.6%, #EFE1CC carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. 59 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. The palette is a signature: Vajda Lajos's particular sense of value, warmth, and colour weight made legible.