Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. Mid-range chroma keeps the palette grounded - colourful but not strident. The most saturated colour, #ECBC68, is reserved to 4.7% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. A value spread of 68 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. In the context of Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.