Wilhelm Kray sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. Only 6.8% is devoted to #C9AE73, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. A value spread of 64 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Wilhelm Kray's complete body of work advances.