Ary Scheffer 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. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. #895C3F functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (5.1%). A value spread of 72 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. This is palette 1 of Ary Scheffer's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.