Mid-key values give Pierre Jean Van der Ouderaa its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. Pierre Jean Van der Ouderaa gives 25.7% of the composition to a single #130A0C - a decisive chromatic anchor. The highest-chroma note - #E1D8B2 - appears at just 5.5%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. The value range spans 72 units across the palette, providing the full gamut from deep shadow to near-white and ensuring clear tonal hierarchy. Palette 2 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Pierre Jean Van der Ouderaa's complete body of work advances.