Mid-key values give Nils Forsberg its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. Mid-saturation across the board: the palette has colour character without chromatic excess. Rather than a studied accent, #FDDDB3 takes 8.5% - a bold allocation that saturates the composition's atmosphere. A value spread of 73 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Nils Forsberg's complete body of work advances.