Values in Karl Becker rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues that Karl Becker deploys as the palette's primary energy. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The saturated accent, #F4EDE2, registers at 2.7% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. The full value range is 64 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. In the context of Karl Becker's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.