Values in Georges Michel rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Georges Michel keeps warm and cool in parity, a balance that lends the work a perceptual shimmer. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The saturated accent, #CA9860, registers at 8.1% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. Value range is moderate at 53 units - enough contrast for legibility, not so much as to fragment the tonal unity. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Georges Michel's complete body of work advances.