Mid-key values give Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville keeps warm and cool in parity, a balance that lends the work a perceptual shimmer. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #9D7239 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (6.7%). From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 60 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville's complete body of work advances.