Values in Carl Ludwig Hoffmeister tilt decisively toward white, giving the palette its luminous character. Warm and cool tones are held in careful balance - neither family dominates, creating tension and resolution simultaneously. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. The most saturated colour, #9B7957, is reserved to 4.5% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The palette spans 49 value units: a measured range that delivers coherence over drama. This is palette 1 of Carl Ludwig Hoffmeister's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.