Louis Welden Hawkins keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Neither warm nor cool has the upper hand here; the equilibrium between the two generates the palette's visual energy. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. The most saturated colour, #959C77, covers 18.3% of the surface: too much to call an accent, too strong to ignore. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 63 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. This is palette 1 of Louis Welden Hawkins's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.