Nicolae Darascu is high in key: pale, luminous, and filled with optical air. Cool tones set the register here - the blues and greens easily outweigh any warm accents. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. Only 10.2% is devoted to #DFC9A0, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. At 44 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Nicolae Darascu's complete body of work advances.