Mid-key values give Alexander Rothaug its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Alexander Rothaug builds on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. The most saturated colour, #98663C, is reserved to 5.8% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. At 48 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. Alexander Rothaug's palette 2 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.