The value structure of Ezra Ames is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. Warm hues command this palette; Ezra Ames favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. A single dominant - #150D0A at 28.4% - sets the character of the whole composition. The most saturated colour, #CE9C51, is reserved to 7.4% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. 68 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. In the context of Ezra Ames's full range of palettes, group 2 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.