Mabuse is high in key: pale, luminous, and filled with optical air. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from Mabuse carry the compositional weight. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. At 9.8%, #6D4F37 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. The full value range is 68 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Mabuse's complete body of work advances.