Amrita Sher-Gil is strongly light-biased - shadow is suggested rather than declared. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The most saturated colour, #CF5649, is reserved to 4.2% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. Spanning 51 units on the value axis, the palette achieves the balance between tonal flatness and fragmentation. In the context of Amrita Sher-Gil's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.