The value structure of Joshua Johnson is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. #0E0B10 claims 27.2% of the surface, functioning as the work's tonal foundation. Only 4.9% is devoted to #A49B75, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. 75 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. This is palette 1 of Joshua Johnson's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.