Franciska Clausen works in the upper reaches of the value scale, creating an atmosphere of brightness and expansiveness. Franciska Clausen orchestrates warmth above all else - reds, ambers, and siennas take the lead. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. 27.5% of the palette belongs to #ECE7DC, a concentration that makes it the unmistakable visual centre. #C04557 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (3.3%). The full value range is 56 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. This is palette 1 of Franciska Clausen's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.