Roberto Montenegro sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. The palette achieves thermal balance - reds and blues, ochres and greens, each holding the other in check. Mid-range chroma keeps the palette grounded - colourful but not strident. The highest-chroma note - #99320E - appears at just 4.5%, deployed as a precision accent against the quieter ground. At 46 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. Together these qualities point to the open-air Impressionist method: recording light rather than local colour. Palette 2 sits within the larger chromatic argument that Roberto Montenegro's complete body of work advances.