Light floods David Roberts; the palette keeps values pale and airy across its range. Neither warm nor cool has the upper hand here; the equilibrium between the two generates the palette's visual energy. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. David Roberts gives 28.4% of the composition to a single #F1EBE6 - a decisive chromatic anchor. The highest-chroma note - #7B5B4E - appears at just 2.2%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. At 61 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that David Roberts's complete body of work advances.