Cornelis Pietersz. Bega occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Cornelis Pietersz. Bega orchestrates warmth above all else - reds, ambers, and siennas take the lead. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. The most saturated colour, #876B4D, is reserved to 8.0% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The full value range is 79 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. Palette 2 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Cornelis Pietersz. Bega's complete body of work advances.