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    "domain": [
      "XCT.QLT"
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    "name": "red",
    "purpose": "Let an agent specify red precisely and handle its strong conventional meanings, especially in safety signalling.",
    "definition": "The colour at the long-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, roughly 620-750 nm, perceived as the hue of blood or ripe tomatoes, with many shades from carmine to bordeaux.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Signalling danger, stop and prohibition, and expressing meanings from love to warning in design and culture.",
    "affordances": [
      "specify it, in a colour space or system",
      "use it, in signals and design, under safety conventions",
      "produce it, with pigments or light",
      "check contrast, for people with colour vision deficiency"
    ],
    "distinguishing_features": [
      "A hue, not a pigment",
      "The safety colour for prohibition, stop and fire equipment",
      "Hard to distinguish from green for people with red-green colour vision deficiency",
      "Meanings differ across cultures"
    ],
    "appearance": "The hue of blood, fire engines and stop signs; shades range from orange-red to purple-red.",
    "visual_identification": [
      "Hue angle around 0-20 degrees in HSL, or dominant wavelength 620-750 nm",
      "Named shades: scarlet, crimson, carmine, bordeaux, Tyrian purple at the edge",
      "Codes such as sRGB #FF0000 or Pantone 179 C"
    ],
    "physical_properties": [
      {
        "quantity": "dominant wavelength",
        "typical_range": "620-750",
        "unit": "nm",
        "note": ""
      }
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      "shades: scarlet, crimson, carmine, vermilion, bordeaux, reddish-brown",
      "pigments: cadmium red, iron oxide, carmine, sinopia",
      "safety red in ISO 3864 and RAL 3000 range"
    ],
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      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "color",
        "why": "a hue"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is used in",
        "target": "safety sign",
        "why": "prohibition and fire"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is produced by",
        "target": "pigment",
        "why": "red pigments and dyes"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is confused with",
        "target": "orange and purple",
        "why": "boundary hues"
      }
    ],
    "identifiers": [
      {
        "scheme": "hex code",
        "value_or_pattern": "#FF0000 for pure sRGB red",
        "note": "web"
      },
      {
        "scheme": "RAL code",
        "value_or_pattern": "3000 series",
        "note": "industrial reds"
      }
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      "ISO 3864 safety colours",
      "CIE traffic signal colour specifications",
      "WCAG guidance against colour-only information"
    ],
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      "Red-green confusion for colour-blind users",
      "Overuse diluting warning meaning",
      "Toxic historical red pigments such as lead and mercury compounds"
    ],
    "in_scope": [],
    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": [],
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      "may": [
        "Specify a red by its colour space values or wavelength range.",
        "Use red for warnings consistently, with a second cue such as text or shape."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Rely on red against green alone to carry meaning.",
        "Use red so widely that warnings lose their meaning.",
        "Recommend historical red pigments containing lead or mercury for unprotected use."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Changing red signals or markings in safety systems such as traffic or alarms."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Red marks danger and stop signals; diluting it puts people at risk.",
        "Red carries different cultural meanings, from luck to mourning."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "Colour-blind people",
        "Road and machine users"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "Nobody owns the colour; standards bodies define safety and signal reds.",
      "master_systems": []
    }
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      "id": "wikidata",
      "title": "Wikidata item Q3142: red",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3142",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api"
    },
    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Red",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "general description of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink"
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    "bundles": [
      {
        "id": "specification",
        "name": "Specification",
        "description": "Which red.",
        "rationale": "Red covers many shades; a value is needed.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "value",
            "name": "Value",
            "description": "Colour space values.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "value-finding",
                "name": "Colour value",
                "description": "The exact value.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which exact red is meant, in which colour space?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which named shade is closest?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "tolerance",
            "name": "Tolerance",
            "description": "Acceptable variation.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "tolerance-finding",
                "name": "Tolerance",
                "description": "The tolerance for matching.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How much variation is acceptable?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Does a standard fix the value, such as for safety red?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "signalling",
        "name": "Signalling",
        "description": "Red as a signal.",
        "rationale": "Red is the main warning colour.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "safety",
            "name": "Safety meaning",
            "description": "Stop and prohibition.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "safety-finding",
                "name": "Safety use",
                "description": "The standard meaning.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What does red mean in this safety context?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is it backed up by shape or text?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "traffic",
            "name": "Traffic signals",
            "description": "Stop lights.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "traffic-finding",
                "name": "Signal spec",
                "description": "Signal colour specifications.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Does the signal red meet the specification?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is it distinguishable for colour-blind drivers?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "accessibility",
        "name": "Accessibility",
        "description": "Seeing red.",
        "rationale": "Many people cannot tell red from green.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "deficiency",
            "name": "Colour vision deficiency",
            "description": "Protan and deutan.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "deficiency-finding",
                "name": "Colour-blind check",
                "description": "How it appears to colour-blind viewers.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How does this red appear to people with red-green deficiency?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What redundant cue is provided?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "contrast",
            "name": "Contrast",
            "description": "Text and background.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "contrast-finding",
                "name": "Contrast ratio",
                "description": "The contrast ratio.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is the contrast ratio with its background?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Does it meet WCAG?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "materials-and-culture",
        "name": "Materials and culture",
        "description": "Making red and what it means.",
        "rationale": "Red pigments have a long history and some are toxic; meanings vary.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "pigments",
            "name": "Pigments",
            "description": "Sources of red.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "pigments-finding",
                "name": "Pigment",
                "description": "The pigment used.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which pigment or dye makes this red?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is it lightfast and safe?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "culture",
            "name": "Cultural meaning",
            "description": "Meanings across cultures.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "culture-finding",
                "name": "Meaning",
                "description": "Meanings in the target culture.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What does red signify in the target culture?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Could it send an unintended message?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Which reference red should the registry use?",
    "How should cultural meanings be recorded without stereotyping?",
    "Should red pigments be separate entries?"
  ],
  "statistics": {
    "bundles": 4,
    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
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}