PHOTOMETRICS?CHAPTER 07

The Four Lighting Chambers

How to switch, calibrate, and trigger the four studio lighting environments: HERO, PLUS, SUPER, and ULTRA.

Rather than describing backgrounds in natural language, Kanna uses four calibrated photometric chambers. Each chamber is designed for specific emotional and cognitive contexts.

Chamber Catalog

1. HERO: Void Dual-Rim (hero)

  • Key Characteristics: Pitch-black void (#080B11), cobalt blue rim from left, warm amber-orange rim from right. Subsurface scattering on ears and cheeks.
  • Ideal For: Deep night coding, flow states, focused debugging.

2. PLUS: Flat Poster Cobalt (plus)

  • Key Characteristics: Flat saturated cobalt field (#1D4ED8 to #2563EB), front-right key light, high poster readability, tactile paper tooth.
  • Ideal For: Release announcements, milestone celebrations, daylight coding.

3. SUPER: Electric Flame Silhouette (super)

  • Key Characteristics: Profile silhouette against an obsidian void. A single electric cyan/cobalt rim traces the contour, with glowing amber eyes as the sole chroma point.
  • Ideal For: High-stress incident response, late-night production hotfixes.

4. ULTRA: Graphic Ink Splatter (ultra)

  • Key Characteristics: Graphic black silhouette running forward with familiar pack against a textured cobalt background with ink splatters.
  • Ideal For: Build pass celebrations, sprint finishes.

Switching Chambers Programmatically

TERMINAL CODE
# CLI Command
kanna chamber switch hero
kanna chamber switch super

# In daemon.toml
[persona]
default_chamber = "hero"