Painted Product Minimalism
A portable design language for agents: download the markdown first, then inspect the preview, tokens, and rules as needed.
Download DESIGN.md
Portable DESIGN.md source of truth for most agents and apps.
specification
philosophy
tokens
borders4 items
- accent width
- 2px
- character
- neutral hairlines; color borders only on selected controls and active paint fields
- default width
- 1px
- style
- solid
colors12 items
motion3 items
- duration
- 180ms
- easing
- cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1)
- philosophy
- small lift, ink-like color fill, and precise focus halo; no floaty blobs
radii5 items
- full
- 9999px
- lg
- 28px
- md
- 18px
- none
- 0
- sm
- 10px
shadows3 items
- lg
- 0 32px 90px rgba(23,23,23,0.14)
- md
- 0 18px 45px rgba(23,23,23,0.10)
- sm
- 0 1px 2px rgba(23,23,23,0.08)
spacing2 items
- base
- 8px
- scale
- 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64
surfaces3 items
- bg pattern
- nearly invisible non-boxy dotted point field at 20px spacing, 4% opacity
- card style
- bordered off-white cards, color panels only when they hold controls, data, or state
- treatment
- warm matte neutral shell with clean paint-panel islands
typography8 items
- base size
- 16px
- body font
- DM Sans
- google fonts url
- https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=DM+Sans:opsz,wght@9..40,400;9..40,500;9..40,700&family=Geist:wght@500;600;700&family=Geist+Mono:wght@500;600&display=swap
- heading font
- Geist
- letter spacing
- -0.018em
- line height
- 1.48
- mono font
- Geist Mono
- scale ratio
- 1.22
rules
Use a premium neutral application shell with restrained top navigation, a primary workspace, and one structural painted board that changes span and rhythm across breakpoints.
Medium-high product density with generous panel interiors, compact chips, and large breathing space around the painted board.
Typography and proximity establish the base hierarchy; saturated color fields elevate editing modes, comparisons, and next-best actions only when they contain content.
layout
mobile 375px, tablet 768px, desktop 1200px and above
12-column desktop shell with a 4-column inspector and 8-column canvas; tablet becomes two stacked regions, mobile becomes a single column.
Use 24-32px between neutral groups, 16-24px inside color panels, and one 48px pause before the main painted board.
guidance
- Use prominent color only when a surface owns state, mode, grouped content, or interaction.
- Pair every saturated field with readable labels and neutral text overlays or dark text meeting contrast.
- Keep radii consistent at 18px cards and 28px hero paint panels.
- Let quiet neutral surfaces do most of the product work.
- Do not use side-rail color stripes on cards, rows, buttons, or panels.
- Do not scatter confetti chips or rainbow gradients without product meaning.
- Do not use square-grid wallpaper or generic admin dashboard layouts.
- Do not make color merely decorative garnish behind otherwise default components.
katagami spec
# Painted Product Minimalism ## Philosophy A quiet premium product interface where saturated paint-like color fields are not decoration but active UI primitives for scope, status, editing mode, and comparative thinking. ### Values - neutral Apple-level foundation - authored color theory accents - product-first clarity - structural semantic color - calm tactile precision ### Anti-Values - rainbow garnish or confetti color - generic SaaS dashboard cards with decorative side stripes - neon cyberpunk glare - textbook worksheet styling ### Visual Character - Large rounded-rectangle color fields sit behind live controls with padding, labels, and actions embedded as real semantic panels rather than background art. - A warm off-white shell uses hairline neutral borders and thin inset shadow so saturated coral, periwinkle, lime, cyan, and marigold surfaces carry hierarchy. - Complementary and tetradic swatches appear as compact selectable chips, mode tabs, and comparison cells with explicit text labels and contrast overlays. - Layout alternates calm single-column product reading zones with one deliberate broken-grid color board that spans columns for structural emphasis. - Interactive focus uses a crisp two-layer ring: a dark neutral outline plus a translucent color halo borrowed from the component’s semantic paint family. ## Tokens ### Borders - **Accent Width**: 2px - **Character**: neutral hairlines; color borders only on selected controls and active paint fields - **Default Width**: 1px - **Style**: solid ### Colors | Name | Value | |------|-------| | accent | `#B7F25A` | | background | `#F8F5EF` | | border | `#D8D0C3` | | error | `#D94A38` | | info | `#0BA7C7` | | muted | `#6F6A61` | | primary | `#5B6CFF` | | secondary | `#FF6F61` | | success | `#4E9F3D` | | surface | `#FFFDF8` | | text | `#171717` | | warning | `#D79A14` | ### Motion - **Duration**: 180ms - **Easing**: cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1) - **Philosophy**: small lift, ink-like color fill, and precise focus halo; no floaty blobs ### Radii - **Full**: 9999px - **Lg**: 28px - **Md**: 18px - **None**: 0 - **Sm**: 10px ### Shadows - **Lg**: 0 32px 90px rgba(23,23,23,0.14) - **Md**: 0 18px 45px rgba(23,23,23,0.10) - **Sm**: 0 1px 2px rgba(23,23,23,0.08) ### Spacing - **Base**: 8px - **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64] ### Surfaces - **Bg Pattern**: nearly invisible non-boxy dotted point field at 20px spacing, 4% opacity - **Card Style**: bordered off-white cards, color panels only when they hold controls, data, or state - **Treatment**: warm matte neutral shell with clean paint-panel islands ### Typography - **Base Size**: 16px - **Body Font**: DM Sans - **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=DM+Sans:opsz,wght@9..40,400;9..40,500;9..40,700&family=Geist:wght@500;600;700&family=Geist+Mono:wght@500;600&display=swap - **Heading Font**: Geist - **Letter Spacing**: -0.018em - **Line Height**: 1.48 - **Mono Font**: Geist Mono - **Scale Ratio**: 1.22 ## Rules ### Composition Use a premium neutral application shell with restrained top navigation, a primary workspace, and one structural painted board that changes span and rhythm across breakpoints. ### Density Medium-high product density with generous panel interiors, compact chips, and large breathing space around the painted board. ### Hierarchy Typography and proximity establish the base hierarchy; saturated color fields elevate editing modes, comparisons, and next-best actions only when they contain content. ### Signature Patterns - Paint-panel primitives: saturated rounded rectangles contain controls, labels, statistics, or editable fields and never appear as empty decoration. - Catalog swatch controls: each color chip includes a name, role, and selected state, turning color theory into a usable product selection mechanism. - Complementary-pair comparison cells: two adjacent paint surfaces carry related metrics and actions so color communicates relationship, not garnish. - Neutral-to-color focus halo: focused inputs and buttons keep a black hairline plus a translucent semantic color ring for accessible interaction clarity. - Broken-span product board: one key color workspace spans two columns on desktop, collapses to a full-width story panel on tablet, and stacks into action cards on mobile. ## Layout ### Breakpoints mobile 375px, tablet 768px, desktop 1200px and above ### Grid 12-column desktop shell with a 4-column inspector and 8-column canvas; tablet becomes two stacked regions, mobile becomes a single column. ### Whitespace Use 24-32px between neutral groups, 16-24px inside color panels, and one 48px pause before the main painted board. ## Guidance ### Do - Use prominent color only when a surface owns state, mode, grouped content, or interaction. - Pair every saturated field with readable labels and neutral text overlays or dark text meeting contrast. - Keep radii consistent at 18px cards and 28px hero paint panels. - Let quiet neutral surfaces do most of the product work. ### Don't - Do not use side-rail color stripes on cards, rows, buttons, or panels. - Do not scatter confetti chips or rainbow gradients without product meaning. - Do not use square-grid wallpaper or generic admin dashboard layouts. - Do not make color merely decorative garnish behind otherwise default components.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Painted Product Minimalism"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
accent: "#B7F25A"
background: "#F8F5EF"
border: "#D8D0C3"
error: "#D94A38"
info: "#0BA7C7"
muted: "#6F6A61"
primary: "#5B6CFF"
secondary: "#FF6F61"
success: "#4E9F3D"
surface: "#FFFDF8"
text: "#171717"
warning: "#D79A14"
typography:
headline-lg:
fontFamily: "Geist"
fontSize: "1.816rem"
fontWeight: 700
lineHeight: 1.1
letterSpacing: "-0.018em"
headline-md:
fontFamily: "Geist"
fontSize: "1.488rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1.15
letterSpacing: "-0.018em"
body-md:
fontFamily: "DM Sans"
fontSize: "16px"
fontWeight: 400
lineHeight: 1.48
letterSpacing: "-0.018em"
label-md:
fontFamily: "Geist Mono"
fontSize: "0.75rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1
letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
full: "9999px"
lg: "28px"
md: "18px"
none: "0px"
sm: "10px"
spacing:
base: "8px"
xs: "4px"
sm: "8px"
md: "12px"
lg: "16px"
xl: "24px"
2xl: "32px"
3xl: "48px"
4xl: "64px"
components:
color-reference-accent:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
color-reference-background:
backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
color-reference-border:
backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
color-reference-error:
backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
color-reference-info:
backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
color-reference-muted:
backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
color-reference-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
color-reference-secondary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
color-reference-success:
backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
color-reference-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
color-reference-text:
backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
color-reference-warning:
backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
button-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
textColor: "#000000"
typography: "{typography.label-md}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
card-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
input-default:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
height: "44px"
---
# Painted Product Minimalism
## Overview
A quiet premium product interface where saturated paint-like color fields are not decoration but active UI primitives for scope, status, editing mode, and comparative thinking.
### Values
- neutral Apple-level foundation
- authored color theory accents
- product-first clarity
- structural semantic color
- calm tactile precision
### Anti-Values
- rainbow garnish or confetti color
- generic SaaS dashboard cards with decorative side stripes
- neon cyberpunk glare
- textbook worksheet styling
### Visual Character
- Large rounded-rectangle color fields sit behind live controls with padding, labels, and actions embedded as real semantic panels rather than background art.
- A warm off-white shell uses hairline neutral borders and thin inset shadow so saturated coral, periwinkle, lime, cyan, and marigold surfaces carry hierarchy.
- Complementary and tetradic swatches appear as compact selectable chips, mode tabs, and comparison cells with explicit text labels and contrast overlays.
- Layout alternates calm single-column product reading zones with one deliberate broken-grid color board that spans columns for structural emphasis.
- Interactive focus uses a crisp two-layer ring: a dark neutral outline plus a translucent color halo borrowed from the component’s semantic paint family.
## Colors
Use the YAML color tokens as the normative palette. The prose below names the roles agents should preserve when generating UI.
| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| accent | `#B7F25A` |
| background | `#F8F5EF` |
| border | `#D8D0C3` |
| error | `#D94A38` |
| info | `#0BA7C7` |
| muted | `#6F6A61` |
| primary | `#5B6CFF` |
| secondary | `#FF6F61` |
| success | `#4E9F3D` |
| surface | `#FFFDF8` |
| text | `#171717` |
| warning | `#D79A14` |
## Typography
- **Headline-Lg**: Geist, 1.816rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Geist, 1.488rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: DM Sans, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.48.
- **Label-Md**: Geist Mono, 0.75rem, weight 600, line-height 1.
## Layout
### Spacing Tokens
- **Base**: `8px`
- **Xs**: `4px`
- **Sm**: `8px`
- **Md**: `12px`
- **Lg**: `16px`
- **Xl**: `24px`
- **2xl**: `32px`
- **3xl**: `48px`
- **4xl**: `64px`
### Breakpoints
mobile 375px, tablet 768px, desktop 1200px and above
### Grid
12-column desktop shell with a 4-column inspector and 8-column canvas; tablet becomes two stacked regions, mobile becomes a single column.
### Whitespace
Use 24-32px between neutral groups, 16-24px inside color panels, and one 48px pause before the main painted board.
## Elevation & Depth
### Shadows
- **Lg**: 0 32px 90px rgba(23,23,23,0.14)
- **Md**: 0 18px 45px rgba(23,23,23,0.10)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 2px rgba(23,23,23,0.08)
## Shapes
### Rounded
- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `28px`
- **Md**: `18px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `10px`
### Surfaces
- **Bg Pattern**: nearly invisible non-boxy dotted point field at 20px spacing, 4% opacity
- **Card Style**: bordered off-white cards, color panels only when they hold controls, data, or state
- **Treatment**: warm matte neutral shell with clean paint-panel islands
### Borders
- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: neutral hairlines; color borders only on selected controls and active paint fields
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid
## Components
### Composition
Use a premium neutral application shell with restrained top navigation, a primary workspace, and one structural painted board that changes span and rhythm across breakpoints.
### Density
Medium-high product density with generous panel interiors, compact chips, and large breathing space around the painted board.
### Hierarchy
Typography and proximity establish the base hierarchy; saturated color fields elevate editing modes, comparisons, and next-best actions only when they contain content.
### Signature Patterns
- Paint-panel primitives: saturated rounded rectangles contain controls, labels, statistics, or editable fields and never appear as empty decoration.
- Catalog swatch controls: each color chip includes a name, role, and selected state, turning color theory into a usable product selection mechanism.
- Complementary-pair comparison cells: two adjacent paint surfaces carry related metrics and actions so color communicates relationship, not garnish.
- Neutral-to-color focus halo: focused inputs and buttons keep a black hairline plus a translucent semantic color ring for accessible interaction clarity.
- Broken-span product board: one key color workspace spans two columns on desktop, collapses to a full-width story panel on tablet, and stacks into action cards on mobile.
## shadcn/ui Usage
When the target app uses shadcn/ui, copy DESIGN.md with shadcn instead of the plain DESIGN.md. It contains the same Katagami design-language source plus the shadcn/ui primitives, imports, theme variables, component recipes, and preview-shot guidance.
DESIGN.md with shadcn: `/language/en-019e45e6-2c1a-7af0-a136-a73ecde28287/DESIGN.with-shadcn.md`.
The shadcn page also exposes optional machine-readable files for automation, but the human-facing handoff is DESIGN.md with shadcn.
Install recommended primitives with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.
Use these primitives in shadcn apps:
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table
Implementation rule for agents: import shadcn primitives from `@/components/ui/*`, apply the generated CSS variables first, then compose the language-specific recipes from the companion MD. Katagami remains the source of truth; shadcn names are the implementation surface.
## Do's and Don'ts
- Do Use prominent color only when a surface owns state, mode, grouped content, or interaction.
- Do Pair every saturated field with readable labels and neutral text overlays or dark text meeting contrast.
- Do Keep radii consistent at 18px cards and 28px hero paint panels.
- Do Let quiet neutral surfaces do most of the product work.
- Don't Do not use side-rail color stripes on cards, rows, buttons, or panels.
- Don't Do not scatter confetti chips or rainbow gradients without product meaning.
- Don't Do not use square-grid wallpaper or generic admin dashboard layouts.
- Don't Do not make color merely decorative garnish behind otherwise default components.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "painted-product-minimalism",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Painted Product Minimalism shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#F8F5EF",
"foreground": "#171717",
"card": "#FFFDF8",
"card-foreground": "#171717",
"popover": "#FFFDF8",
"popover-foreground": "#171717",
"primary": "#5B6CFF",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#FF6F61",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#6F6A61",
"muted-foreground": "#171717",
"accent": "#B7F25A",
"accent-foreground": "#111111",
"destructive": "#D94A38",
"border": "#D8D0C3",
"input": "#D8D0C3",
"ring": "#B7F25A",
"chart-1": "#5B6CFF",
"chart-2": "#FF6F61",
"chart-3": "#B7F25A",
"chart-4": "#4E9F3D",
"chart-5": "#D79A14",
"sidebar": "#FFFDF8",
"sidebar-foreground": "#171717",
"sidebar-primary": "#5B6CFF",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#0BA7C7",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#D8D0C3",
"sidebar-ring": "#B7F25A",
"radius": "18px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#5B6CFF",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#B7F25A",
"accent-foreground": "#111111",
"destructive": "#D94A38",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#B7F25A",
"chart-1": "#5B6CFF",
"chart-2": "#FF6F61",
"chart-3": "#B7F25A",
"chart-4": "#4E9F3D",
"chart-5": "#D79A14",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#5B6CFF",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#B7F25A",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#111111",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#B7F25A",
"radius": "18px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019e45e6-2c1a-7af0-a136-a73ecde28287",
"slug": "painted-product-minimalism",
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
]
}
}
}
```embodiments
at a glance
Typography
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
Components
Components rendered with this language’s tokens — colors, type, and rounded corners as specified.
Spacing
- base8px
- xs4px
- sm8px
- md12px
- lg16px
- xl24px
- 2xl32px
- 3xl48px
- 4xl64px
Shape
implementation kit
DESIGN.md with shadcn
Copy this when the target app uses shadcn/ui. It packages the Katagami DESIGN.md context with the install list, theme variables, component recipes, preview-shot contract, and starter TSX in one Markdown companion.
advanced implementation filesoptional machine-readable theme, CSS, TSX starter, recipes, and preview contract
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table:root {
--background: #F8F5EF;
--foreground: #171717;
--card: #FFFDF8;
--card-foreground: #171717;
--popover: #FFFDF8;
--popover-foreground: #171717;
--primary: #5B6CFF;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #FF6F61;
--secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
--muted: #6F6A61;
--muted-foreground: #171717;
--accent: #B7F25A;
--accent-foreground: #111111;
--destructive: #D94A38;
--border: #D8D0C3;
--input: #D8D0C3;
--ring: #B7F25A;
--chart-1: #5B6CFF;
--chart-2: #FF6F61;
--chart-3: #B7F25A;
--chart-4: #4E9F3D;
--chart-5: #D79A14;
--sidebar: #FFFDF8;
--sidebar-foreground: #171717;
--sidebar-primary: #5B6CFF;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #0BA7C7;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #D8D0C3;
--sidebar-ring: #B7F25A;
--radius: 18px;
}
.dark {
--background: #0f1115;
--foreground: #f8fafc;
--card: #181b22;
--card-foreground: #f8fafc;
--popover: #181b22;
--popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
--primary: #5B6CFF;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #252a33;
--secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
--muted: #252a33;
--muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
--accent: #B7F25A;
--accent-foreground: #111111;
--destructive: #D94A38;
--border: #303642;
--input: #303642;
--ring: #B7F25A;
--chart-1: #5B6CFF;
--chart-2: #FF6F61;
--chart-3: #B7F25A;
--chart-4: #4E9F3D;
--chart-5: #D79A14;
--sidebar: #181b22;
--sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
--sidebar-primary: #5B6CFF;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #B7F25A;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #111111;
--sidebar-border: #303642;
--sidebar-ring: #B7F25A;
--radius: 18px;
}
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
Card,
CardContent,
CardDescription,
CardFooter,
CardHeader,
CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
export function PaintedProductMinimalismShadcnKit() {
return (
<section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
<div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
<div>
<Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
<h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Painted Product Minimalism</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"cssVars": {
"dark": {
"accent": "#B7F25A",
"accent-foreground": "#111111",
"background": "#0f1115",
"border": "#303642",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"chart-1": "#5B6CFF",
"chart-2": "#FF6F61",
"chart-3": "#B7F25A",
"chart-4": "#4E9F3D",
"chart-5": "#D79A14",
"destructive": "#D94A38",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"input": "#303642",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#5B6CFF",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"radius": "18px",
"ring": "#B7F25A",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-accent": "#B7F25A",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#111111",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#5B6CFF",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-ring": "#B7F25A"
},
"light": {
"accent": "#B7F25A",
"accent-foreground": "#111111",
"background": "#F8F5EF",
"border": "#D8D0C3",
"card": "#FFFDF8",
"card-foreground": "#171717",
"chart-1": "#5B6CFF",
"chart-2": "#FF6F61",
"chart-3": "#B7F25A",
"chart-4": "#4E9F3D",
"chart-5": "#D79A14",
"destructive": "#D94A38",
"foreground": "#171717",
"input": "#D8D0C3",
"muted": "#6F6A61",
"muted-foreground": "#171717",
"popover": "#FFFDF8",
"popover-foreground": "#171717",
"primary": "#5B6CFF",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"radius": "18px",
"ring": "#B7F25A",
"secondary": "#FF6F61",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar": "#FFFDF8",
"sidebar-accent": "#0BA7C7",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#D8D0C3",
"sidebar-foreground": "#171717",
"sidebar-primary": "#5B6CFF",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-ring": "#B7F25A"
},
"theme": {}
},
"meta": {
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"languageId": "en-019e45e6-2c1a-7af0-a136-a73ecde28287",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
]
},
"slug": "painted-product-minimalism",
"source": "katagami"
},
"name": "painted-product-minimalism",
"title": "Painted Product Minimalism shadcn Theme",
"type": "registry:theme"
}
# Painted Product Minimalism shadcn/ui Components
Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019e45e6-2c1a-7af0-a136-a73ecde28287`
Slug: `painted-product-minimalism`
## Intent
A quiet premium product interface where saturated paint-like color fields are not decoration but active UI primitives for scope, status, editing mode, and comparative thinking.
## Required primitives
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table
Install with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.
## Token cues
Colors:
{
"accent": "#B7F25A",
"background": "#F8F5EF",
"border": "#D8D0C3",
"error": "#D94A38",
"info": "#0BA7C7",
"muted": "#6F6A61",
"primary": "#5B6CFF",
"secondary": "#FF6F61",
"success": "#4E9F3D",
"surface": "#FFFDF8",
"text": "#171717",
"warning": "#D79A14"
}
Typography:
{
"base_size": "16px",
"body_font": "DM Sans",
"google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=DM+Sans:opsz,wght@9..40,400;9..40,500;9..40,700&family=Geist:wght@500;600;700&family=Geist+Mono:wght@500;600&display=swap",
"heading_font": "Geist",
"letter_spacing": "-0.018em",
"line_height": 1.48,
"mono_font": "Geist Mono",
"scale_ratio": 1.22
}
## Visual character to preserve
- Large rounded-rectangle color fields sit behind live controls with padding, labels, and actions embedded as real semantic panels rather than background art.
- A warm off-white shell uses hairline neutral borders and thin inset shadow so saturated coral, periwinkle, lime, cyan, and marigold surfaces carry hierarchy.
- Complementary and tetradic swatches appear as compact selectable chips, mode tabs, and comparison cells with explicit text labels and contrast overlays.
- Layout alternates calm single-column product reading zones with one deliberate broken-grid color board that spans columns for structural emphasis.
- Interactive focus uses a crisp two-layer ring: a dark neutral outline plus a translucent color halo borrowed from the component’s semantic paint family.
## ShadSync visual profile
{
"family": "system",
"material": "flat",
"contour": "blob",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": false,
"grain": false,
"stickerBadges": false,
"motion": "lift",
"density": "dense",
"accents": [
"primary",
"accent",
"secondary",
"muted"
]
}
## Signature component recipes
### Button
Use `Button` for primary, secondary, outline, and ghost actions. Primary actions must expose the language's strongest contrast pair, while secondary and ghost actions should preserve the surface treatment instead of falling back to default neutral SaaS styling.
### Card
Use `Card`, `CardHeader`, `CardContent`, `CardFooter`, and `CardAction` as the main composition frame. Cards should demonstrate the language's surface, border, hierarchy, and density rules rather than appearing as generic rounded rectangles.
### Input and Textarea
Use `Input` and `Textarea` with visible focus rings, field labels, validation states, and the language's rhythm. Forms should show real product content, not placeholder-only controls.
### Select, Tabs, and Table
Use `Select`, `Tabs`, and `Table` to prove navigation, filtering, and dense data states. The table should show row rhythm, separators, hover/focus states, and an empty or status state when the language calls for it.
### Dialog and Sheet
Use `Dialog` for centered decisions and `Sheet` for contextual editing. Both should inherit the language's spacing, border, overlay, and motion rules.
## Preview shots
- `application-shell`: dashboard or workspace shell with navigation, cards, forms, and state badges.
- `detail-editor`: focused editing flow using input, textarea, select, switch/checkbox, dialog or sheet, and action buttons.
- `data-operations`: table-heavy operational view with tabs, dropdown menu affordances, badges, and destructive/empty states.
- Each preview shot must include a renderable `scene` payload with concrete headline, description, actions, and rows/fields/stats for the UI preview.
## Implementation contract
- Start from local `ui/src/components/ui` shadcn-style primitives; do not create a second component system.
- Apply `/katagami/shadcn/painted-product-minimalism/registry-theme.json` variables, then use these recipes for composition and state design.
- Preserve Katagami token names as source metadata; shadcn semantic names are only the export surface.
- Do: Use prominent color only when a surface owns state, mode, grouped content, or interaction.; Pair every saturated field with readable labels and neutral text overlays or dark text meeting contrast.; Keep radii consistent at 18px cards and 28px hero paint panels.; Let quiet neutral surfaces do most of the product work.
- Do not: Do not use side-rail color stripes on cards, rows, buttons, or panels.; Do not scatter confetti chips or rainbow gradients without product meaning.; Do not use square-grid wallpaper or generic admin dashboard layouts.; Do not make color merely decorative garnish behind otherwise default components.
## Copy-paste component example
This generated starter proves the import shape. Production Katagami agents should replace it with a language-specific product composition.
```tsx
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
Card,
CardContent,
CardDescription,
CardFooter,
CardHeader,
CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
export function PaintedProductMinimalismShadcnKit() {
return (
<section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
<div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
<div>
<Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
<h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Painted Product Minimalism</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
```
## Layout notes
{
"breakpoints": "mobile 375px, tablet 768px, desktop 1200px and above",
"grid": "12-column desktop shell with a 4-column inspector and 8-column canvas; tablet becomes two stacked regions, mobile becomes a single column.",
"whitespace": "Use 24-32px between neutral groups, 16-24px inside color panels, and one 48px pause before the main painted board."
}
{
"artifact": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots",
"version": "preview-shots-v1",
"generator": "katagami-ui-compatibility-projection",
"generatedBy": "katagami-ui-projection",
"requiresVisualProfile": true,
"schema": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots/renderable-v1",
"renderable": true,
"language": {
"id": "en-019e45e6-2c1a-7af0-a136-a73ecde28287",
"name": "Painted Product Minimalism",
"slug": "painted-product-minimalism"
},
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"identityNotes": [
"Large rounded-rectangle color fields sit behind live controls with padding, labels, and actions embedded as real semantic panels rather than background art.",
"A warm off-white shell uses hairline neutral borders and thin inset shadow so saturated coral, periwinkle, lime, cyan, and marigold surfaces carry hierarchy.",
"Complementary and tetradic swatches appear as compact selectable chips, mode tabs, and comparison cells with explicit text labels and contrast overlays.",
"Layout alternates calm single-column product reading zones with one deliberate broken-grid color board that spans columns for structural emphasis.",
"Interactive focus uses a crisp two-layer ring: a dark neutral outline plus a translucent color halo borrowed from the component’s semantic paint family."
],
"visualProfile": {
"family": "system",
"material": "flat",
"contour": "default",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": false,
"grain": false,
"stickerBadges": false,
"motion": "still",
"density": "dense",
"accents": [
"primary",
"accent",
"secondary",
"muted"
]
},
"shots": [
{
"id": "application-shell",
"title": "Application shell",
"viewport": "desktop",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"select",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"table"
],
"composition": "A real product workspace with navigation, summary cards, filtering controls, and one dense content region.",
"mustShow": [
"primary and secondary actions",
"card hierarchy",
"filterable state",
"table or list density"
],
"avoid": [
"component inventory walls",
"placeholder-only content",
"generic rounded SaaS chrome"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "workspace spread",
"headline": "Painted Product Minimalism launch room",
"description": "A product team workspace where navigation, filters, metrics, and dense rows carry the language's visible structure.",
"primaryAction": "Apply theme",
"secondaryAction": "Review states",
"stats": [
{
"label": "components",
"value": "16",
"tone": "accent"
},
{
"label": "states",
"value": "ready"
},
{
"label": "density",
"value": "balanced",
"tone": "warning"
}
],
"rows": [
{
"label": "Primary flow",
"value": "mapped",
"status": "active"
},
{
"label": "Token coverage",
"value": "semantic",
"status": "synced"
},
{
"label": "Responsive proof",
"value": "queued",
"status": "review"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Active",
"Synced",
"Draft"
]
}
},
{
"id": "detail-editor",
"title": "Detail editor",
"viewport": "tablet",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"dialog",
"sheet"
],
"composition": "A focused editing flow with form fields, validation, confirmation, and a contextual side panel.",
"mustShow": [
"focus ring",
"error or destructive state",
"dialog or sheet treatment",
"written guidance content"
],
"avoid": [
"unstyled browser controls",
"floating cards inside cards",
"missing labels"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "editing flow",
"headline": "Language recipe editor",
"description": "A focused form proving labels, validation, toggles, panel rhythm, and action hierarchy.",
"primaryAction": "Save recipe",
"secondaryAction": "Open sheet",
"fields": [
{
"label": "Component family",
"value": "Narrative cards"
},
{
"label": "State treatment",
"value": "Visible focus + validation"
},
{
"label": "Motion",
"value": "Small lift, no opacity-only fade"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Focus",
"Invalid",
"Confirmed"
]
}
},
{
"id": "data-operations",
"title": "Data operations",
"viewport": "mobile",
"primitives": [
"button",
"tabs",
"badge",
"dropdown-menu",
"table",
"tooltip",
"separator"
],
"composition": "A compact operational view proving row rhythm, stacked actions, menu states, badges, and empty/destructive states.",
"mustShow": [
"responsive reflow",
"dense row styling",
"menu affordance",
"status badge system"
],
"avoid": [
"desktop-only tables",
"text overflow",
"default shadcn spacing without Katagami character"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "operations",
"headline": "Compact review queue",
"description": "A narrow viewport scene with rows, menus, tooltips, badges, and destructive affordances.",
"primaryAction": "Resolve",
"secondaryAction": "Filter",
"rows": [
{
"label": "Button hierarchy",
"value": "approved",
"status": "ok"
},
{
"label": "Table rhythm",
"value": "needs pass",
"status": "watch"
},
{
"label": "Empty state",
"value": "designed",
"status": "done"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Queued",
"Blocked",
"Done"
]
}
}
],
"componentRecipes": [
{
"primitive": "button",
"intent": "Prove action hierarchy, focus, disabled, and destructive states."
},
{
"primitive": "card",
"intent": "Carry the language surface, border, elevation, and density rules."
},
{
"primitive": "input",
"intent": "Show labels, focus rings, validation, and spacing rhythm."
},
{
"primitive": "textarea",
"intent": "Show longer guidance, validation copy, and writing density."
},
{
"primitive": "select",
"intent": "Show filtering, selection contrast, and menu trigger styling."
},
{
"primitive": "dialog",
"intent": "Show centered decision states and overlay treatment."
},
{
"primitive": "sheet",
"intent": "Show contextual side panels and responsive editing."
},
{
"primitive": "tabs",
"intent": "Show navigational structure and active/inactive contrast."
},
{
"primitive": "badge",
"intent": "Show compact status vocabulary and semantic colors."
},
{
"primitive": "separator",
"intent": "Show section rhythm without generic gray dividers."
},
{
"primitive": "checkbox",
"intent": "Show binary selection with visible focus and checked states."
},
{
"primitive": "switch",
"intent": "Show settings toggles and on/off contrast."
},
{
"primitive": "slider",
"intent": "Show numeric adjustment with track/thumb styling."
},
{
"primitive": "tooltip",
"intent": "Show concise explanation styling above compact controls."
},
{
"primitive": "dropdown-menu",
"intent": "Show action menus, destructive items, and grouped choices."
},
{
"primitive": "table",
"intent": "Show dense operational data, separators, row states, and responsive behavior."
}
],
"qualityRules": {
"do": [
"Use prominent color only when a surface owns state, mode, grouped content, or interaction.",
"Pair every saturated field with readable labels and neutral text overlays or dark text meeting contrast.",
"Keep radii consistent at 18px cards and 28px hero paint panels.",
"Let quiet neutral surfaces do most of the product work."
],
"dont": [
"Do not use side-rail color stripes on cards, rows, buttons, or panels.",
"Do not scatter confetti chips or rainbow gradients without product meaning.",
"Do not use square-grid wallpaper or generic admin dashboard layouts.",
"Do not make color merely decorative garnish behind otherwise default components."
]
}
}