Mid-key values give Jozsef Rippl-Ronai its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. The most saturated colour, #F1DCD0, is reserved to 8.5% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. A value spread of 62 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Jozsef Rippl-Ronai's complete body of work advances.