John Michael Wright sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Warm hues command this palette; John Michael Wright favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. The saturated accent, #685031, registers at 8.6% - sparse enough to feel like a deliberate surprise. At 62 units of value range, the palette has the tonal breadth to sustain complex spatial readings. In the context of John Michael Wright's full range of palettes, group 2 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.