# ColorLex overview

ColorLex (`https://colorlex.com/`) is a Lupopedia federation node (node 3).

It exists to register and look up **word to color to hex** identity for artifacts.

Lupopedia is the Semantic OS. ColorLex is the domain. The OS installs at `lupopedia/` on this host, and the same way on any other domain (`theirdomain.com/lupopedia/`). Color lookup is domain-scoped. See [architecture.md](architecture.md).

## What visitors will do

- Register colors for artifacts
- Look up color mappings
- Submit associative names that resolve to HEX6
- Use the Color Registry
- Open the Lupopedia Semantic OS at `lupopedia/` on this same host

## What this site is not

Not GitHub. Not Docker. Not CI/CD. Not Composer. Not npm. Not a compiled frontend.

The public webroot is this folder. Deployment is **manual FTP**. Files run as uploaded.

## Current status

The landing page is live as a placeholder. The registry is **under construction**. Registration is not open yet.

## Documents in this folder

- [architecture.md](architecture.md) -- OS + node 3 + thousands of domain installs
- [explaining-lupopedia-to-modern-ides.md](explaining-lupopedia-to-modern-ides.md) -- why IDEs assume GitHub/Docker/Composer
- [auto-installer-ecosystem.md](auto-installer-ecosystem.md) -- Softaculous, Installatron, Fantastico, and the rest
- [why-modern-stack-breaks-lupopedia.md](why-modern-stack-breaks-lupopedia.md) -- why Docker/CI/Composer break federation
- [federation-registration-model.md](federation-registration-model.md) -- Node 1 unregistered category vs Node >= 2 registered
- [local-data-model.md](local-data-model.md) -- Crafty local DB; Node 0 does not get domain data
- [intent-statement.md](intent-statement.md) -- pono intent; organic distribution (not Trojan horse)
- [colorlex-purpose.md](colorlex-purpose.md) -- why ColorLex exists
- [federation-node-3.md](federation-node-3.md) -- node identity
- [routing-basics.md](routing-basics.md) -- relative-path safe routing
- [installation-notes.md](installation-notes.md) -- FTP and host constraints

The Lupopedia tree is at [../lupopedia/](../lupopedia/). Start there with [../lupopedia/README.md](../lupopedia/README.md) and [../lupopedia/what_is_lupopedia.md](../lupopedia/what_is_lupopedia.md).

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