William Wyld works in the upper reaches of the value scale, creating an atmosphere of brightness and expansiveness. Warmth dominates - the palette of William Wyld leans heavily on the yellow-orange-red arc of the colour wheel. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The highest-chroma note - #B1977E - appears at just 8.9%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. At 62 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. In the context of William Wyld's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.