Values in August Malmstrom tilt decisively toward white, giving the palette its luminous character. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. The highest-chroma note - #865343 - appears at just 4.1%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. A value spread of 57 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that August Malmstrom's complete body of work advances.