Carl Moll is high in key: pale, luminous, and filled with optical air. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. A single dominant - #E1D6C3 at 27.5% - sets the character of the whole composition. #724F2E delivers the chromatic peak at only 5.7% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 60 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Carl Moll's complete body of work advances.