The accent plum: Bruised Plum as identity, not lineage #67

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archvillainette commented

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Part of #47

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What is the accent plum, now that it carries identity rather than lineage?

While resolving #55 the human reversed a standing law of this map. #49 fixed Plum Noir
#351E28 supersedes Bruised Plum #2a1222, and #53 built candidate B on that lineage. The
stated preference is the old purple, and — pinned down in grilling — as the primary
identity colour carried by accent, not as the ground. #53's four ground surfaces (#150E13,
#0C0810, #21161C, #180F16) stand; the plum-forward reading of the page was considered
and rejected, because a large-area saturated purple is what drifts toward lavender and fights
the noir.

So this ticket sets values for the accent roles #55 defined but left pending:
accent, accent-lift, accent-glow, accent-glow-raised.

Resolve:

The accent value itself. Bruised Plum #2a1222 exactly, or a re-derivation of that
lineage. It is darker than Plum Noir, which #53 already measured at the Dust 4.90 ceiling —
so it likely cannot carry the text ramp at all and becomes non-text / large-text only. Run
the check (prototype/contrast.py from #53), do not eyeball it.
accent-lift — is today's #3a1830 plum-bloom still the right raised step against the
new grounds, or does the lighter ground shrink the gap until it stops reading?
The two glow steps. accent-glow / -glow-raised absorb #602044, the undeclared third
plum found inside --wg-velvet-shadow. Decide whether the glow is the accent at alpha or its
own more saturated hue, and fix both alphas.
"Pushed harder than today" made concrete. Today plum is five stray rgba(42,18,34,…)
uses. Which surfaces and ornament actually take the accent, and at what frequency, before it
tips from identity into decoration. #54's twelve components are the menu to choose from.
vote-on #d47a87. Never contrast-checked against the new grounds, and the one
saturated pink on a page that outlawed lavender. Keep, nudge, or re-derive.
Does the plum still read noir. #53 judged this in a browser for the Plum Noir ground; a
more saturated accent has to be re-judged the same way, on a dense page, not on a swatch.

HITL. Throwaway prototype on prototype/*, judged in a browser at
http://localhost:4567, per the map's Notes. Nothing merges.

Output is the four accent values plus the placement rule, and an amendment note for #49's law
and #53's resolution — both of which this supersedes on the accent axis only.

Part of #47 ## Question What is the accent plum, now that it carries identity rather than lineage? While resolving #55 the human reversed a standing law of this map. #49 fixed **Plum Noir `#351E28` supersedes Bruised Plum `#2a1222`**, and #53 built candidate B on that lineage. The stated preference is the **old purple**, and — pinned down in grilling — as the **primary identity colour carried by accent, not as the ground**. #53's four ground surfaces (`#150E13`, `#0C0810`, `#21161C`, `#180F16`) stand; the plum-forward reading of the *page* was considered and rejected, because a large-area saturated purple is what drifts toward lavender and fights the noir. So this ticket sets values for the accent roles #55 defined but left pending: `accent`, `accent-lift`, `accent-glow`, `accent-glow-raised`. Resolve: - **The accent value itself.** Bruised Plum `#2a1222` exactly, or a re-derivation of that lineage. It is *darker* than Plum Noir, which #53 already measured at the Dust 4.90 ceiling — so it likely cannot carry the text ramp at all and becomes non-text / large-text only. Run the check (`prototype/contrast.py` from #53), do not eyeball it. - **`accent-lift`** — is today's `#3a1830` plum-bloom still the right raised step against the new grounds, or does the lighter ground shrink the gap until it stops reading? - **The two glow steps.** `accent-glow` / `-glow-raised` absorb `#602044`, the undeclared third plum found inside `--wg-velvet-shadow`. Decide whether the glow is the accent at alpha or its own more saturated hue, and fix both alphas. - **"Pushed harder than today" made concrete.** Today plum is five stray `rgba(42,18,34,…)` uses. Which surfaces and ornament actually take the accent, and at what frequency, before it tips from identity into decoration. #54's twelve components are the menu to choose from. - **`vote-on` `#d47a87`.** Never contrast-checked against the new grounds, and the one saturated pink on a page that outlawed lavender. Keep, nudge, or re-derive. - **Does the plum still read noir.** #53 judged this in a browser for the Plum Noir ground; a more saturated accent has to be re-judged the same way, on a dense page, not on a swatch. **HITL.** Throwaway prototype on `prototype/*`, judged in a browser at `http://localhost:4567`, per the map's Notes. Nothing merges. Output is the four accent values plus the placement rule, and an amendment note for #49's law and #53's resolution — both of which this supersedes on the accent axis only.

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#57 The home board

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#58 Wiki page frame, reader and editor

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