Mid-key values give Benno Adam its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The highest-chroma note - #C9A053 - appears at just 3.1%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. The full value range is 66 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Benno Adam's complete body of work advances.