Robert Bateman occupies the comfortable middle of the value scale, avoiding both extremes to hold the eye in a sustained middle grey. Warm hues command this palette; Robert Bateman favours the reds, oranges, and yellows of firelight and earth. Every colour is desaturated; the palette proceeds through near-neutrals and gently-coloured greys. #44362B functions as the palette's exclamation mark: highest chroma, lowest percentage (14.0%). 46 units of value spread create a palette that is varied but unified - contrast in the service of harmony. This is palette 2 of Robert Bateman's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.