The high-key values of Theodor Aman give it an effulgent, almost bleached quality. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. At 4.8%, #895F4E carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. The full value range is 62 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. In the context of Theodor Aman's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.