Melchor Pérez de Holguín keeps values measured and balanced, a hallmark of tonal restraint. Warm hues command this palette; Melchor Pérez de Holguín favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The most saturated colour, #9A5C35, is reserved to 3.1% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 58 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. Palette 2 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Melchor Pérez de Holguín's complete body of work advances.