Mid-key values give pastorale its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Built on cool foundations: the palette favours the blue-cyan-green arc. Muted throughout, the palette achieves its effects through value and temperature rather than chromatic force. #453520 delivers the chromatic peak at only 5.7% - a small shot of colour with outsized visual impact. From deepest dark to palest light, the palette traverses 60 units of the value scale - a span that creates natural depth. The palette has the character of outdoor light: cool, mid-bright, with colour rendered faithfully rather than expressively.