Values in Gustav Igler rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Gustav Igler balances warm and cool with remarkable evenness, giving the composition its characteristic vibrancy. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. 30.6% of the palette belongs to #262321, a concentration that makes it the unmistakable visual centre. The most saturated colour, #CEB476, is reserved to 4.7% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. A value spread of 73 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. This is palette 1 of Gustav Igler's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.