Mid-key values give Georges Rouault its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Georges Rouault tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. The saturated accent, #C6B55E, registers at 7.0% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. The value range of 51 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. This is palette 1 of Georges Rouault's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.