Auguste Leroux distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. Auguste Leroux balances warm and cool with remarkable evenness, giving the composition its characteristic vibrancy. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. The most saturated colour, #7F6344, is reserved to 10.7% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The value range spans 60 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. Auguste Leroux's palette 1 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.