Prosper Baccuet keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Blues and teal-greys govern the palette, lending it an aquatic or atmospheric quality. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. At 8.2%, #B0A66D carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. A value spread of 57 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Prosper Baccuet's complete body of work advances.