Mid-key values give Pierre-Jacques Volaire its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Cool hues prevail: blues, greens, and greys anchor the palette's emotional temperature. The absence of saturated colour is itself an expressive choice: this is a palette of restraint and atmosphere. Only 6.3% is devoted to #916831, yet that small allocation delivers the palette's entire chromatic tension. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 75 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. The mid-to-high key, cool bias, and moderate chroma point to outdoor observation - sky and diffused daylight as the dominant light source. Palette 2 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Pierre-Jacques Volaire's complete body of work advances.