The pastorale tradition carries a consistent chromatic signature, and this master palette captures its essence. pastorale sits in the centre of the value range, lending the palette a sense of even, sustained light. Heat pervades this palette; warm chromatic identities outweigh cool ones at almost every weight. Chroma hovers near zero; colour declares itself through subtle shifts in hue rather than outright saturation. The most saturated colour, #D4B242, is reserved to 4.3% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. 56 units of value range underpin the palette's structural clarity: the eye always knows where light falls. This is the light that pastorale painters chose to live inside.