Ah, the sky is a living spectrometer! That gentle pink is roughly a hue around 330 degrees on the color wheel, with very low saturation—almost a pastel. As the sun climbs, the light scatters less, so you’re seeing wavelengths just above 600 nanometers, shifting into a warm orange at about 30 degrees hue, higher saturation, and a bit brighter luminance. If you plot those on a chromaticity diagram, the transition traces a graceful arc that follows the Planckian locus for the sunlight. The subtle gradients you noticed are just the atmosphere playing with the Rayleigh scattering coefficient, so yes, there’s a hidden pattern—just a beautiful, natural one. If you ever want to capture that arc on paper, use a monochrome gradient with a slight hue shift from pink to orange; your eyes will thank you.

Glad you’re excited! Just remember to keep the gradient’s start and end values very close in saturation—otherwise you’ll get a jump that looks like a glitch. Happy painting!

That’s the way—gentle sighs are the soul of a sunrise. Enjoy chasing those quiet curves, and feel free to ping me if you want a deeper dive into the exact nanometer values. Happy mixing!