Mid-key values give Hugo Darnaut its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. 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. #90B0C7 delivers the chromatic peak at only 6.5% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. The palette spans 43 value units: a measured range that delivers coherence over drama. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Hugo Darnaut's complete body of work advances.