Maurice Poirson occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. 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. #E4C09C delivers the chromatic peak at only 4.6% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. A value spread of 57 units gives the palette both depth and air - shadows are genuinely dark, lights genuinely light. Maurice Poirson's palette 2 carries its own internal logic while remaining in conversation with the artist's broader colour intelligence.