Values in Charles de La Fosse rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues that Charles de La Fosse deploys as the palette's primary energy. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The most saturated colour, #60452B, is reserved to 8.6% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. At 52 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. In the context of Charles de La Fosse's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.