Virginia Frances Sterrett keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Blues and teal-greys govern the palette, lending it an aquatic or atmospheric quality. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. The most saturated colour, #CA8766, is reserved to 1.7% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. 69 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. These proportions encode Virginia Frances Sterrett's instinctive sense of how much of each quality the eye can hold.