Mid-key values give Louis Valtat its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. A restrained, mid-chroma palette: every hue is present and legible, but nothing shouts. At 9.9%, #B18140 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. 49 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony. Louis Valtat's palette 2 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.