Mid-key values give Pierre-Auguste Cot its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Temperature is balanced: the palette pits warm earth against cool sky without declaring a winner. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The highest-chroma note - #BEA287 - appears at just 5.1%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. The full value range is 69 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. In the context of Pierre-Auguste Cot's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.