Mid-key values give Diego Velazquez its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. Mid-saturation across the board: the palette has colour character without chromatic excess. #F2E1AF functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (2.7%). The value range spans 64 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Diego Velazquez's complete body of work advances.