13 · COLORED MATRIXLAWRENCE J. MAZLACK

CREDITED STUDY

Fix colored seeds, rank every open point by factor × distance, intersect neighbouring compatibility rows, then choose from the weighted list.

SOURCE ORACLE · READY

Lawrence J. Mazlack / Digital Computer Based Sculpture Composed of Coloured Elements / 1976 / pp. 18–24

Colored Matrix

Documented mechanism: Immutable colored points establish precedence. Each new point intersects compatible colors from adjacent completed points, weights the surviving list, and selects one.
Source oracle: The source preset reproduces Figure 10’s exact 10×10 Chebyshev distance field and Figure 12’s candidate list: 0, 1, 1, 5, 5.
Interpretation: Ties and choices use separate deterministic hash domains. An empty intersection remains unresolved until finalization assigns source color zero.

Presets

Study

Field

Rows

Columns

Distance

Neighbours

Fixed seed

XYColor

Compatibility and weighting editorComplete source state

Nine precedence factorsNine global color biasesNine rows of nine integer compatibility weights

Look and playback

Element

Palette

Growth speed

Choice seed

Growth

Artifact

Output

1600×1000

Load Configuration

ConstructorREADY