Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky orchestrates warmth above all else - reds, ambers, and siennas take the lead. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. The most saturated colour, #A84536, is reserved to 1.9% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. The value range spans 55 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. This is palette 2 of Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.