The high-key values of Maurice Braun give it an effulgent, almost bleached quality. Warm hues command this palette; Maurice Braun favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. At 4.2%, #CC9B80 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. At 49 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. Palette 2 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Maurice Braun's complete body of work advances.