Max Pechstein is high in key: pale, luminous, and filled with optical air. A distinctly cool atmosphere runs through this palette: sky, water, and mist given colour form. Mid-saturation across the board: the palette has colour character without chromatic excess. At 3.2%, #7A472E carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. Spanning 43 units on the value axis, the palette achieves the balance between tonal flatness and fragmentation. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Max Pechstein's complete body of work advances.