Karl Eduard Biermann keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. At 8.1%, #5D3D2B carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. The full value range is 76 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. Palette 2 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Karl Eduard Biermann's complete body of work advances.