Color is an essential feature of reality; the unity of things (like a forest) is colored, not just structural.

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• Color is a necessary part of living structure and a necessary part of the harmonious adaptation in the world.claim0.871
  Foundational assertion about the role of color in wholeness.
• All wholeness, not just color, may be considered ultimately as a kind of light, communicating with the transcendent realm where pure unity exists.claim0.828
• The eleven color properties are qualities of the ground itself, attributes of the I, as far as we can see it directly.claim0.818
• The rule of hierarchy of color areas is almost universally followed in things with inner light; equal areas of several colors almost never occur in such works.claim0.818
• The eleven color properties provide the structural backbone of all color unity and inner light.claim0.808
• Intensity and clarity of individual color arise from both an inherent quality and the support of the whole; making each color shine beautifully forces all colors into harmony.claim0.807
• The unity is not merely a unity in the surface, in the appearance of things — it is a unity of the most fundamental kind, which goes to the raw reality and which has, when it occurs, a highly unexpected, sometimes rambling, sometimes ferocious, sometimes friendly, even sometimes absurdly crude or comfortable character.claim0.803
  True unity is not about conventional beauty but about a raw, messy, everyday reality that resonates deeply.
• It is the material substance of walls, floors, steps, windows, and roof — and the configuration of how they are made — which governs whether living centers can emerge and fine structure adaptation can occurclaim0.798
  Alexander's foundational claim linking material technique directly to the possibility of living architecture.