Eugene Isabey keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Eugene Isabey keeps warm and cool in parity, a balance that lends the work a perceptual shimmer. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The most saturated colour, #6A3E1E, is reserved to 7.5% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The value range spans 58 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 Eugene Isabey's complete body of work advances.