João Batista da Costa keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from João Batista da Costa carry the compositional weight. Mid-saturation across the board: the palette has colour character without chromatic excess. At 6.4%, #A97746 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. A value spread of 60 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. In the context of João Batista da Costa's full range of palettes, group 1 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.