Thomas Hardy distributes its values across the middle register, creating harmony without high contrast. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from Thomas Hardy carry the compositional weight. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. The highest-chroma note - #C0B09D - appears at just 3.4%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. 47 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony. In the context of Thomas Hardy's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.