Values in Károly Markó the Elder rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Károly Markó the Elder tilts toward cool - blues and silver-greys carry the structural weight. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. The saturated accent, #A2906C, registers at 8.1% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 59 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Károly Markó the Elder's complete body of work advances.