Values in Joseph Wright rest in the mid-range - neither dramatically lit nor steeped in shadow. Warmth dominates - the palette of Joseph Wright leans heavily on the yellow-orange-red arc of the colour wheel. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. The dominant colour, #E6DFD8, takes 25.4% of the total area, establishing the overall mood before any other hue is introduced. #B7834A functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (1.9%). 77 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. Palette 2 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Joseph Wright's complete body of work advances.