Frank Cadogan Cowper works in the upper reaches of the value scale, creating an atmosphere of brightness and expansiveness. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from Frank Cadogan Cowper carry the compositional weight. Mid-saturation across the board: the palette has colour character without chromatic excess. Only 5.2% is devoted to #450B09, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. 70 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Frank Cadogan Cowper's complete body of work advances.