Emotion
a computed color signal in prysm grounded in the color-emotion spectrum
emotion encodes protocol state as feeling: cyberank, karma, bandwidth, and context are translated into a wavelength that a human perceives as affect
seven fundamental emotions mapped to the visible spectrum
| emotion | color | wavelength | signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| anger | red | 620-750 nm | danger, overload, critical failure |
| disgust | orange | 590-620 nm | contamination, invalid data, rejection |
| surprise | yellow | 570-590 nm | attention, sudden change, new event |
| joy | green | 495-570 nm | confidence, success, growth, life |
| interest | blue | 450-495 nm | exploration, curiosity, discovery |
| sadness | indigo | 420-450 nm | withdrawal, loss, inactivity |
| fear | violet | 380-420 nm | unknown threat, radiation, death |
in the protocol
- every prysm component accepts emotion as input
- emotion is computed, not assigned: the relevance machine determines the affective state
- a prysm/counter showing declining karma glows red. a successful cyberlink glows green. an unexplored particle glows blue
- emotion makes the cybergraph legible to human perception
evolutionary basis
- the mapping is innate: ancestral environments selected for wavelength-affect bindings that enhanced survival
- see color-emotion spectrum for the full evolutionary framework