Jose Malhoa works in the upper reaches of the value scale, creating an atmosphere of brightness and expansiveness. Jose Malhoa builds on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Colours are neither washed out nor blazing; they occupy the productive middle ground of the chroma scale. The chromatic peak belongs to #F3E27E, and at 19.7% it dominates, not decorates. At 63 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. In the context of Jose Malhoa's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.