Joseph Stallaert occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Joseph Stallaert balances warm and cool with remarkable evenness, giving the composition its characteristic vibrancy. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. The saturated accent, #674631, registers at 6.3% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. At 68 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. This is palette 1 of Joseph Stallaert's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.