John Bauer is strongly light-biased - shadow is suggested rather than declared. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues that John Bauer deploys as the palette's primary energy. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. John Bauer gives 34.8% of the composition to a single #E9E8E7 - a decisive chromatic anchor. #D6C4C3 delivers the chromatic peak at only 6.7% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. At 59 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. In the context of John Bauer's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.