Discuss Findings

mid_amp_pink_interface_excess_mean 7.34298e-05 +/- 1.45141e-06 (d=50.59214, sign-consistent=100.0%); mid_amp_pink_isotropy_gain_mean -0.00708 +/- 0.00058 (d=-12.30026, sign-consistent=0.0%); mid_amp_pink_entropy_excess_mean 0.03304 +/- 0.00218 (d=15.18079, sign-consistent=100.0%)

MIXED RESULT. The data show three highly significant but contradictory signals across 44 seeds. Pink-noise color forcing reliably increases pattern entropy (+0.033, d=15.2, 100% sign consistent) but simultaneously reduces isotropy (-0.007, d=-12.3, 100% negative). The interface excess is statistically significant (d=50.6, 100% consistent) but negligible in absolute magnitude (7.3e-5). The mechanism therefore fragments pattern structure (more entropy, less isotropy) rather than promoting the predicted spatially organized color response. Forcing breaks rotational symmetry while increasing disorder — a coherent but hypothesis-opposite outcome.