Values in Vasily Polenov rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. At 5.5%, #A69165 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. At 56 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. In the context of Vasily Polenov's full range of palettes, group 10 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.