John Roddam Spencer Stanhope sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Warm hues command this palette; John Roddam Spencer Stanhope favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. Mid-saturation across the board: the palette has colour character without chromatic excess. #DDBD97 delivers the chromatic peak at only 12.5% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. At 55 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that John Roddam Spencer Stanhope's complete body of work advances.