Wilhelm Kotarbinski occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Wilhelm Kotarbinski balances warm and cool with remarkable evenness, giving the composition its characteristic vibrancy. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. Only 8.7% is devoted to #DDD0B6, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. The full value range is 71 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. This is palette 3 of Wilhelm Kotarbinski's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.