The value structure of Anton Raphael Mengs is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. Warm and cool tones are held in careful balance - neither family dominates, creating tension and resolution simultaneously. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. The most saturated colour, #A96146, is reserved to 4.4% 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. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Anton Raphael Mengs's complete body of work advances.