Pompeo Mariani is strongly light-biased - shadow is suggested rather than declared. Pompeo Mariani builds on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #E4CA74 delivers the chromatic peak at only 1.7% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. At 46 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively. Palette 1 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Pompeo Mariani's complete body of work advances.