Spontaneous Chromatic Reasoning in Transformer Models Empirical Confirmation of AP₁ Continuity
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Recent studies in transformer-based language models demonstrate that semantic representations are not discrete and symbolic, but continuous and topologically structured. This paper synthesizes empirical findings showing that large language models implicitly learn and exploit continuous color spaces, performing spontaneous chromatic interpolation without explicit instruction. We show that transformer architectures reproduce key properties of human color perception, align with established perceptual color spaces (e.g. CIELAB), and generate intermediate chromatic states (such as orange between red and yellow) as a natural consequence of entropy minimization and continuity in embedding space. These findings empirically confirm the AP₁ hypothesis: that chromatic semantics constitute a low-entropy, post-symbolic reasoning substrate. Color-based reasoning emerges not as a design choice, but as a structural property of models optimized for coherence. The results position chromatic continuity as an unavoidable semantic attractor in advanced AI systems, and support the broader Ambient Era Canon in which meaning is carried by fields rather than symbols.
Author: Eissens, Raynor
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W7131123602
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