Emil Baerentzen keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. Only 5.5% is devoted to #984C2F, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. The full value range is 60 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. This is palette 1 of Emil Baerentzen's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.