Nicolae Darascu is strongly light-biased - shadow is suggested rather than declared. Nicolae Darascu balances warm and cool with remarkable evenness, giving the composition its characteristic vibrancy. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. At 4.0%, #A0AA6A carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. The palette spans 45 value units: a measured range that delivers coherence over drama. These proportions encode Nicolae Darascu's instinctive sense of how much of each quality the eye can hold.