The value structure of Maggie Laubser is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. Blues and teal-greys govern the palette, lending it an aquatic or atmospheric quality. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The most saturated colour, #C0B378, covers 9.8% of the surface: too much to call an accent, too strong to ignore. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 66 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Maggie Laubser's complete body of work advances.