Zinaida Serebriakova keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. #927745 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (4.1%). The full value range is 57 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. Palette 9 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Zinaida Serebriakova's complete body of work advances.