Donato Creti keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Warm hues command this palette; Donato Creti favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. At 5.0%, #E4C0A3 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. At 70 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Donato Creti's complete body of work advances.