Mid-key values give Ivan Mrkvi?ka its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #F1E7B0 delivers the chromatic peak at only 9.2% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. At 79 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. This is palette 2 of Ivan Mrkvi?ka's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.