Values in Haerman Verelst rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Blues and teal-greys govern the palette, lending it an aquatic or atmospheric quality. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The most saturated colour, #88442B, is reserved to 6.8% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. 46 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. In the context of Haerman Verelst's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.