Light floods George Luks; the palette keeps values pale and airy across its range. George Luks balances warm and cool with remarkable evenness, giving the composition its characteristic vibrancy. Saturation is measured and controlled, giving the palette presence without visual aggression. Only 6.0% is devoted to #E8B645, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. At 33 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. Together these qualities point to the open-air Impressionist method: recording light rather than local colour. George Luks's palette 1 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.