Mid-key values give Eugene Isabey its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. At 8.2%, #6C5231 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. The palette spans 45 value units: a measured range that delivers coherence over drama. In the context of Eugene Isabey's full range of palettes, group 2 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.