George Catlin keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. George Catlin builds on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. All colours lean toward grey, building depth through value rather than colour punch. The highest-chroma note - #DFEFE3 - appears at just 4.1%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 69 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. High luminosity and cool temperature suggest the plein-air condition: unfiltered daylight and open sky. Palette 2 sits within the larger chromatic argument that George Catlin's complete body of work advances.