Values in Aleksey Antropov rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Yellow, ochre, sienna: warm hues that Aleksey Antropov deploys as the palette's primary energy. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. #F3D4A6 functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (6.6%). A value spread of 59 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. In the context of Aleksey Antropov's full range of palettes, group 2 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.