Franklin Carmichael sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Warm hues command this palette; Franklin Carmichael favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. The most saturated colour, #C2572F, is reserved to 4.7% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The palette spans 36 value units: a measured range that delivers coherence over drama. In the context of Franklin Carmichael's full range of palettes, group 2 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.