Light floods William Orpen; the palette keeps values pale and airy across its range. Warm and cool tones are held in careful balance - neither family dominates, creating tension and resolution simultaneously. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. The highest-chroma note - #5D7BA2 - appears at just 4.7%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. At 52 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that William Orpen's complete body of work advances.