The value structure of Herman Johannes van der Weele is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. Temperature is balanced: the palette pits warm earth against cool sky without declaring a winner. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #D2C1A3 delivers the chromatic peak at only 11.7% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. 60 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. This is palette 1 of Herman Johannes van der Weele's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.