Theodore Gudin is high-key - luminous, open, and weighted toward light. Temperature is cool-dominant, with blue and green families claiming the largest areas. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. Rather than a studied accent, #836744 takes 2.8% - a bold allocation that saturates the composition's atmosphere. The value range of 41 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Theodore Gudin's complete body of work advances.