WHITE PAPER #13 · NODE COLOR SYSTEM · ARCHITECTURAL CONSTITUTION

COLOR
IS LAW

In Velsanet, color is not cosmetic — it is structural law.

Each polyhedral class is permanently assigned a color family. Color locks the node's architectural role and AI authority level. Hue overlap is prohibited. Violation constitutes structural non-compliance. This is the Node Color Constitution.

NODE COLOR IDENTITY — CLICK TO EXPLORE
LINK COLOR SEMANTICS
VERTICAL LINK
AUTHORITY TRANSFER
O₈
D₁₂
Vertical links represent abstraction increase, responsibility delegation, and authority transfer.

Rule: One-directional gradient — lower-layer color → higher-layer color. Reverse gradients are structurally prohibited.
HORIZONTAL LINK
COOPERATION
D₁₂
D₁₂
Horizontal links indicate equal hierarchy, cooperative behavior, and parallel expansion.

Rule: Same color family, differ only in luminance or saturation. Any hue change constitutes a structural violation.
PARALLEL E2E PATH
STRUCTURAL PRIMITIVE
Parallel E2E paths are structural primitives — not logical constructs.

Rule: Same color family, increased line thickness, increased luminance. Color substitution is prohibited.
GLOBALLY RESERVED COLORS — MUST NOT APPEAR IN NORMAL STRUCTURES
RED
FAULT · VIOLATION · STRUCTURAL BREACH
Any appearance of Red in the network indicates a structural fault or policy violation. Never use in normal operations.
YELLOW
WARNING · INSTABILITY · DEGRADED STATE
Yellow signals warning conditions and structural instability. Reserved for degraded path states and constraint warnings.
BLACK
ISOLATION · NON-VISIBLE DOMAIN
Black indicates structural isolation or domains that are intentionally non-visible. Never used for active nodes.
THE COLOR CONSTITUTION
Each polyhedral class owns a unique color family. Representative color is a fixed anchor. No deviation permitted.
Hue overlap between polyhedral classes is structurally prohibited. All derived colors must be computable from the anchor.
Vertical links must be rendered as a one-directional gradient from lower-layer color to higher-layer color. Reverse gradients imply false authority inversion and are prohibited.
Horizontal links retain the same color family as connected nodes. They differ only in luminance or saturation. Any hue change is a structural violation.
Red, Yellow, and Black are globally reserved. They must not appear in normal vertical or horizontal structures under any circumstances.
While the color logic and structural semantics defined in this document are immutable, the perceptual realization of color remains intentionally open for refinement — subject to Color Master review, within constitutional constraints.