Mid-key values give Edward Matthew Ward its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. Mid-saturation across the board: the palette has colour character without chromatic excess. At 4.0%, #A97730 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. The value range of 49 units sits in the comfortable middle: enough depth, enough light, neither extreme. This is palette 2 of Edward Matthew Ward's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.