The value structure of Louis Gauffier is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. Only 8.6% is devoted to #917B4F, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. A value spread of 77 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Louis Gauffier's complete body of work advances.