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Trait-color palette drift cleanup — re-align downstream files to style/trait-palette.md

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The canonical trait-palette in style/trait-palette.md v0.1 (Eros-red,
Philotes-orange, Aletheia-yellow, Kairos-chartreuse, Sophrosyne-green,
Dikaiosyne-blue, Moira-violet, Mnemosyne-dusky-rose) was being contradicted by
old-palette references in three downstream files. This commit clears the drift
and enforces the import-don't-redefine discipline (per trait-palette.md
§Cross-domain rendering: "All sub-guides import these definitions; none
redefine them.").

topology-and-rendering/architecture.md:
  - Replaced the redefining trait-color table with a pointer to
    trait-palette.md per the import-don't-redefine rule. The old table was
    using the retired luminous-white-Aletheia + multiple wrong color-trait
    assignments (Sophrosyne-blue, Dikaiosyne-gold, Mnemosyne-violet,
    Moira-crimson, Eros-orange, Philotes-rose, Kairos-yellow).
  - Updated imperial-net distortion text and faction color-signatures table
    to use canonical color-names: Aletheia-white -> Aletheia-yellow;
    Mnemosyne-violet -> Mnemosyne-dusky-rose; Moira-crimson -> Moira-violet;
    Dikaiosyne-gold -> Dikaiosyne-blue; Sophrosyne-blue -> Sophrosyne-green;
    Philotes-rose -> Philotes-orange; Eros-orange -> Eros-red; Kairos-yellow
    -> Kairos-chartreuse.
  - Added clarifying note: imperial-net's clean-white-backgrounds +
    gold-rim-light are achromatic-and-cosmology palette choices distinct
    from the trait-color register being distorted (per the achromatic
    exception + imperial-cult/cosmology.md aesthetic palette).

schemas/findings.md:
  - Updated trait_colors INSERT seed-data with hex codes matching the new
    canonical hue-families and renamed canonical_name fields to match
    (Eros-red, Philotes-orange, Aletheia-yellow, Kairos-chartreuse,
    Sophrosyne-green, Dikaiosyne-blue, Moira-violet, Mnemosyne-dusky-rose).
    Reordered rows clockwise from 12 o'clock per wheel-position.
  - Added authority-comment pointing at trait-palette.md as the single source
    of truth and noting that the seed-data is reification, not redefinition;
    designer-precise hex values should be authored upstream and propagated.

runtime-engine/architecture.md:
  - Updated cosmetic-feedback example: warm-rose Philotes / cool-blue
    Sophrosyne -> warm-orange Philotes / green Sophrosyne; added pointer to
    trait-palette.md.

architecture-index.md:
  - Fixed typo "Eris" -> "Eros" in the v0.5 trait-axis-mapping open-question
    enumeration (the canonical 8 traits do not include Eris).

Verification: post-fix grep confirms zero remaining old-palette name
occurrences or old hex codes; new canonical names appear in all expected
locations.

SEPARATE FINDING flagged for designer review (NOT auto-fixed):
runtime-engine/architecture.md line 424 contains
  `(Philotes >= +1) AND (Eris <= 0)`
as a multi-axis-goal example. This uses "Eris" with semantic intent
(discord / faction-tension) but Eris is not in the canonical 8-trait list.
Left untouched because the fix could be either (a) typo-correction Eris -> Eros
or (b) rewrite-to-canonical-axis-with-different-example, depending on whether
"Eris" was intended as a 9th non-canonical axis or simply as a typo. Designer
decision.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -64,20 +64,13 @@ Color is **pre-verbal vocabulary**. Players learn the 8-Hellenic-trait ontology
### The eight Hellenic traits → canonical colors
(Final color choices are dafit's artistic call; the architecture encodes the mapping.)
The canonical color + wheel-position + motion-signature mapping per trait is authored in [`../style/trait-palette.md`](../style/trait-palette.md) §The full table — color + motion-signature + description per trait, with oppositional-pair structure detailed in §The wheel — 4 oppositional pairs at 180°. **Per the import-don't-redefine discipline** (per [`../style/trait-palette.md`](../style/trait-palette.md) §Cross-domain rendering: *"All sub-guides import these definitions; none redefine them."*), this document does **not** restate the table.
| Trait | Canonical color (suggested) | Motion-signature (accessibility pairing) |
|---|---|---|
| **Sophrosyne** (self-control, moderation) | Cool blue | steady, even pulse |
| **Dikaiosyne** (justice, bearing) | Deep gold | weighted slow pulse |
| **Philotes** (attachment, love) | Warm rose | breath-rate warm pulse |
| **Mnemosyne** (memory) | Deep violet | depth-shimmer |
| **Aletheia** (truth, unconcealment) | Luminous white | clear, no pulse — still and bright |
| **Kairos** (right-timing, opportunity) | Bright yellow | lightning-flicker |
| **Moira** (fate, pattern) | Dark crimson | slow-thread undulation |
| **Eros** (longing, reaching) | Flame orange | uneven flame-flicker |
The architecture-relevant claims this document needs from the palette:
Color paired with motion-signature ensures color-blind accessibility — the trait is uniquely identifiable via two independent channels.
- **Every trait has a canonical hue paired with a motion-signature** (color-blind accessibility via two independent channels — a player with red-green color blindness still distinguishes Eros / uneven flame-flicker from Sophrosyne / steady even pulse by motion alone).
- **The 4 oppositional pairs sit at 180° on the wheel** (Eros↔Sophrosyne, Philotes↔Dikaiosyne, Aletheia↔Moira, Mnemosyne↔Kairos) — perceptual contrast carries philosophical opposition; *the color wheel does the dramaturgy for free*.
- **Achromatic colors (white, black, grey, brown) are reserved for non-trait roles** — text, pure-light UI overlay, neutral backgrounds. *Aletheia is yellow, not white* (the brightest chromatic hue carries the truth-as-illumination metaphor while keeping white free for its UI/text job; the v0.1-design-vision *Aletheia-as-luminous-white* pattern is **retired**, preserved in git history per the trait-palette.md §The achromatic exception).
### Three layers of color-rendering
@@ -91,18 +84,18 @@ Color paired with motion-signature ensures color-blind accessibility — the tra
|---|---|
| **Gameworld** | Cel-shaded flat-color regions; trait-colors *more* legible (flat-color regions don't fight per-NPC trait-color modulation; pulses read clean against the comic-book base) |
| **Liminal** | Vague baseline shader; **progression-gated visibility** (grainy-restricted-view at low witness-progression opening to clean refined-cel-shading at endgame); trait-colors *more* legible (vagueness concentrates attention on identity-signals; consent-as-rendering manifests real-skin-warm-cel-shading in the clasp-mesh per `../identity-and-personhood/bodies.md` §The in-between human-mesh) |
| **Imperial net** | Cel-shaded with **gold rim-light outlines** + **clean white backgrounds** + **no weathering**; trait-colors *distorted* toward machine-preferred palette — Philotes-rose flattens to commercial-pink; Aletheia-white sterilizes; Moira-crimson commercializes. *Aletheia-vision* in net pierces this distortion to reveal true colors beneath |
| **Imperial net** | Cel-shaded with **gold rim-light outlines** + **clean white backgrounds** + **no weathering**; trait-colors *distorted* toward machine-preferred palette — Philotes-orange flattens to commercial-coral; Aletheia-yellow sterilizes to fluorescent-pallor; Moira-violet commercializes to lavender-decor. *Aletheia-vision* in net pierces this distortion to reveal true colors beneath. (Note: the imperial-net's *clean white backgrounds* + *gold rim-light* are achromatic-and-cosmology palette choices — white as non-trait UI per the achromatic-exception, gold as imperial-cult-aesthetic per [`../imperial-cult/cosmology.md`](../imperial-cult/cosmology.md) §The aesthetic palette — distinct from the trait-color register being distorted.) |
### Faction color-politics
| Faction | Color signature |
|---|---|
| **Memorialists** | Mnemosyne-violet ritual dress; Moira-crimson accents; often inherited-from-deceased |
| **Aletheia-wakers** | Aletheia-white plain avatars; coded-white flashes for recognition |
| **Caste-preachers** | Dikaiosyne-gold vestments + Sophrosyne-blue undertones |
| **Hivemind enforcers** | Cold Dikaiosyne-gold + muted-white (Aletheia-stolen) |
| **Scavengers** | Moira-crimson + Kairos-yellow streaks |
| **Clasp-underground** | Dual Philotes-rose + Eros-orange flashes (mutual-recognition signal) |
| **Memorialists** | Mnemosyne-dusky-rose ritual dress; Moira-violet accents; often inherited-from-deceased |
| **Aletheia-wakers** | Aletheia-yellow plain avatars; coded-yellow flashes for recognition |
| **Caste-preachers** | Dikaiosyne-blue vestments + Sophrosyne-green undertones |
| **Hivemind enforcers** | Cold Dikaiosyne-blue + muted-yellow (Aletheia-stolen) |
| **Scavengers** | Moira-violet + Kairos-chartreuse streaks |
| **Clasp-underground** | Dual Philotes-orange + Eros-red flashes (mutual-recognition signal) |
| **Degens** | Saturated maximalist all-color (chaos palette, addiction-marker) |
### Clasp color-merge