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research-document RFR-5E852AA6

Map boundary conditions and failure regimes: Project Atlas Autonomous Research Report: Johannes Itten's Seven Color Contrasts

Identifier
RFR-5E852AA6
Research Area
General Research
Status
Open
Version
0.1
Priority
medium
Updated
2026-07-22
Source
research/frontier/records/RFR-5E852AA6.md

RFR-5E852AA6 — Map boundary conditions and failure regimes: Project Atlas Autonomous Research Report: Johannes Itten's Seven Color Contrasts

Research opportunity

Map boundary conditions and failure regimes for the claims or recommendations in “Project Atlas Autonomous Research Report: Johannes Itten's Seven Color Contrasts.”

Background

The originating artifact is accepted by the repository publishing inventory with status “Research Synthesis.” Its Executive Summary section provides the immediate evidence boundary.

Evidence trace

  • Origin document: content/projects/project-atlas/research-report/project-atlas-autonomous-research-itten-seven-contrasts-v0-1.md
  • Section: Executive Summary
  • Specific assumption challenged: The source's treatment in “Executive Summary” is sufficiently supported for its intended scope.
  • Supporting evidence excerpt: “This investigation tested Johannes Itten's seven color contrasts against historical scholarship, modern color science, psychophysics, neuroscience, visual communication research, and accessibility practice. The central finding is that Itten's system is not a scientific taxonomy of seven equal perceptual mechanisms . I…”
  • Reason this opportunity exists: The conditions under which the documented recommendation weakens, reverses, or creates a competing cost.

Unknowns

  • The conditions under which the documented recommendation weakens, reverses, or creates a competing cost.

Dependencies

Suggested REP and methodology

  • Suggested REP: REP-PROJECT-ATLAS-AUTONOMOUS-RESEARC-BOUNDARY
  • Methodology: Use a factorial stress test across task, user, context, device, and consequence variables; model interactions rather than relying on aggregate means.
  • Expected outputs: Boundary-condition matrix, failure taxonomy, interaction model, and revised scope statement.
  • Success criteria: At least one credible failure regime is tested and the valid operating envelope is quantitatively described.
  • Recommended agent: experimentation-research-agent
  • Estimated effort: Medium
  • Expected knowledge gained: The conditions under which the documented recommendation weakens, reverses, or creates a competing cost.

Evaluation

Dimension Score (1–5)
Knowledge gain 4
Potential impact 5
Cross-project reuse 5
Scientific importance 5
Dependency cost 5
Implementation difficulty 4
Frontier score 491

Confidence in this opportunity: moderate. Status: Open.