Mid-key values give Luca Giordano its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Temperature reads distinctly warm: the reds and earth tones from Luca Giordano carry the compositional weight. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. #332125 at 3.4% is both the most chromatic and one of the largest colours in the palette - chroma as mass rather than as highlight. At 51 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. In the context of Luca Giordano's full range of palettes, group 2 represents one movement in an ongoing chromatic dialogue.