Light floods James Bretherton; the palette keeps values pale and airy across its range. James Bretherton tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. The most saturated colour, #986752, is reserved to 3.1% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. 43 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony. 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 James Bretherton's complete body of work advances.