Italo Nunes-Vais is high in key: pale, luminous, and filled with optical air. Italo Nunes-Vais orchestrates warmth above all else - reds, ambers, and siennas take the lead. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. Only 2.1% is devoted to #615B31, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. 53 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony. This is palette 1 of Italo Nunes-Vais's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.