diff --git a/lib/game/models/season.dart b/lib/game/models/season.dart
index c81b2ab..4692778 100644
--- a/lib/game/models/season.dart
+++ b/lib/game/models/season.dart
@@ -1,18 +1,62 @@
 import 'stage.dart';
 
+/// Visual identity of a season. Colors are int ARGB so this file stays
+/// pure Dart (architecture guard forbids Flutter imports here).
 class SeasonTheme {
-  const SeasonTheme({required this.tileSet, required this.background});
+  const SeasonTheme({
+    this.tileSet = 'spring',
+    this.background = '',
+    this.backgroundGradient = defaultGradient,
+    this.accentColor = 0xFFFF7EB3,
+    this.particleType = 'petals',
+    this.tilePalette,
+    this.boardTint,
+  });
 
   factory SeasonTheme.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) => SeasonTheme(
-        tileSet: json['tileSet'] as String,
-        background: json['background'] as String,
+        tileSet: (json['tileSet'] as String?) ?? 'spring',
+        background: (json['background'] as String?) ?? '',
+        backgroundGradient: json['backgroundGradient'] != null
+            ? [for (final c in json['backgroundGradient'] as List) c as int]
+            : defaultGradient,
+        accentColor: (json['accentColor'] as int?) ?? 0xFFFF7EB3,
+        particleType: (json['particleType'] as String?) ?? 'petals',
+        tilePalette: json['tilePalette'] != null
+            ? [for (final c in json['tilePalette'] as List) c as int]
+            : null,
+        boardTint: json['boardTint'] as int?,
       );
 
+  /// Season 1 "First Bloom": deep navy dusk.
+  static const defaultGradient = [0xFF0E1430, 0xFF16204A, 0xFF2A2E5E];
+
+  static const fallback = SeasonTheme();
+
   final String tileSet;
   final String background;
 
-  Map<String, dynamic> toJson() =>
-      {'tileSet': tileSet, 'background': background};
+  /// Top-to-bottom screen gradient, int ARGB.
+  final List<int> backgroundGradient;
+  final int accentColor;
+
+  /// petals | snow | leaves | none
+  final String particleType;
+
+  /// Optional 8-color tile override; null = built-in candy palette.
+  final List<int>? tilePalette;
+
+  /// Optional board background override.
+  final int? boardTint;
+
+  Map<String, dynamic> toJson() => {
+        'tileSet': tileSet,
+        'background': background,
+        'backgroundGradient': backgroundGradient,
+        'accentColor': accentColor,
+        'particleType': particleType,
+        if (tilePalette != null) 'tilePalette': tilePalette,
+        if (boardTint != null) 'boardTint': boardTint,
+      };
 }
 
 /// A season's full content: metadata, theme, and its stages. The unit of
diff --git a/test/game/models/season_test.dart b/test/game/models/season_test.dart
index ba61c3f..554b291 100644
--- a/test/game/models/season_test.dart
+++ b/test/game/models/season_test.dart
@@ -41,7 +41,24 @@ void main() {
 
     test('round-trips to JSON', () {
       final pack = SeasonPack.fromJson(packJson);
-      expect(pack.toJson(), packJson);
+      // toJson() always emits all SeasonTheme fields (new fields added in
+      // Task 1). Compare everything except theme separately so that adding
+      // more theme fields in the future only requires updating theme tests.
+      final json = pack.toJson();
+      expect(json['schemaVersion'], packJson['schemaVersion']);
+      expect(json['seasonId'], packJson['seasonId']);
+      expect(json['version'], packJson['version']);
+      expect(json['title'], packJson['title']);
+      expect(json['stages'], packJson['stages']);
+      // Theme: legacy fields preserved, new fields present with defaults.
+      final theme = json['theme'] as Map<String, dynamic>;
+      expect(theme['tileSet'], 'spring');
+      expect(theme['background'], 'background.webp');
+      expect(theme['backgroundGradient'], SeasonTheme.defaultGradient);
+      expect(theme['accentColor'], 0xFFFF7EB3);
+      expect(theme['particleType'], 'petals');
+      expect(theme.containsKey('tilePalette'), isFalse);
+      expect(theme.containsKey('boardTint'), isFalse);
     });
 
     test('localized title falls back to English', () {
@@ -58,4 +75,42 @@ void main() {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  group('SeasonTheme visuals', () {
+    test('legacy theme json (tileSet/background only) gets defaults', () {
+      final theme = SeasonTheme.fromJson({
+        'tileSet': 'spring',
+        'background': 'background.webp',
+      });
+      expect(theme.backgroundGradient, SeasonTheme.defaultGradient);
+      expect(theme.accentColor, 0xFFFF7EB3);
+      expect(theme.particleType, 'petals');
+      expect(theme.tilePalette, isNull);
+      expect(theme.boardTint, isNull);
+    });
+
+    test('full theme json round-trips', () {
+      final theme = SeasonTheme(
+        tileSet: 'summer',
+        background: 'bg.webp',
+        backgroundGradient: const [0xFF0A2430, 0xFF10394A, 0xFF1E5A66],
+        accentColor: 0xFF6FCDF5,
+        particleType: 'snow',
+        tilePalette: const [0xFF111111, 0xFF222222],
+        boardTint: 0xFF041016,
+      );
+      final decoded = SeasonTheme.fromJson(theme.toJson());
+      expect(decoded.backgroundGradient, theme.backgroundGradient);
+      expect(decoded.accentColor, theme.accentColor);
+      expect(decoded.particleType, theme.particleType);
+      expect(decoded.tilePalette, theme.tilePalette);
+      expect(decoded.boardTint, theme.boardTint);
+    });
+
+    test('fallback constant matches season 1 defaults', () {
+      expect(SeasonTheme.fallback.backgroundGradient,
+          const [0xFF0E1430, 0xFF16204A, 0xFF2A2E5E]);
+      expect(SeasonTheme.fallback.particleType, 'petals');
+    });
+  });
 }