Charles Cromwell Ingham keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Charles Cromwell Ingham balances warm and cool with remarkable evenness, giving the composition its characteristic vibrancy. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. #EEC286 at 19.7% is both the most chromatic and one of the largest colours in the palette - chroma as mass rather than as highlight. A value spread of 70 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. In the context of Charles Cromwell Ingham's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.