The high-key values of George Henry Durrie give it an effulgent, almost bleached quality. George Henry Durrie 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. The highest-chroma note - #E9BF79 - appears at just 7.9%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. A value spread of 59 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. In the context of George Henry Durrie's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.