Efim Volkov is strongly light-biased - shadow is suggested rather than declared. Efim Volkov builds on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. #120F09 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (3.3%). 77 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Efim Volkov's complete body of work advances.