Mattia Preti sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Warm hues command this palette; Mattia Preti favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. Chroma is moderate: colours carry enough saturation to be read as colour, but the palette stops well short of garish intensity. Only 6.0% is devoted to #E4CB93, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 57 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. In the context of Mattia Preti's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.