# DHC v9.1 distinct secret-color revision: sources and credits

Thanks to [PalMod and its contributors](https://zachd.com/palmod/) and the [PalMod gallery](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/?all) for the palette tools, indexed previews and collection. Original MVC sprites and native game palettes are credited to Capcom. Hikari is credited for the gallery's PSX-exclusive collection. Named custom palette creators are listed below. A gallery collector, Discord poster and palette creator are separate credits; a poster is not assumed to have created the palette.

This new diagnostic revision gives Gold War Machine, Orange Hulk, Red Venom, Shadow Lady and Lilith-mode Morrigan nine visually distinct choices while preserving each secret form's original native two. It replaces twenty added single-button colors and five paired-button colors. Ten other paired blocks stay exact. It does not alter the frozen candidate05 or candidate06 archives, their source records, or their earlier credits. Source approval is not release or platform acceptance.

## The original two

LP / color0 uses the form's exact native Punch block; MP / color1 uses its exact native Kick block, including all three body rows. These are each secret form's own stock palettes, credited to Capcom. Restoring Kick is documented separately because the older six-color bank's MP choice was a custom Superman theme rather than the native Kick palette.

HP, LK, MK and HK are colors2,3,4,5. LP+LK, MP+MK and HP+HK are colors6,7,8.

## Twenty single-button replacements

These are unused indexed custom body palettes adapted to the secret form's own native actor. The indexed source files and exact source colors are retained; no arbitrary color changes are made to invent separation. Discord links lead to the durable source post, while the frozen manifest also binds the observed original attachment URL and downloaded PNG hash.

| Secret form | HP / 2 | LK / 3 | MK / 4 | HK / 5 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Red Venom | [Toxic_Venom.png](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1547885986267275266) — posted by hachikuji; creator unconfirmed. | [munsssster.png](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1495936313835257876) — posted by 𝖗𝖎𝖒𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖙𝖊𝖈𝖙𝖔𝖗; creator unconfirmed. | [Venom - FangCC by sauceboss](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/Venom%20-%20FangCC%20by%20sauceboss.png) — sauceboss | [Venom - purple by VG](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/Venom%20-%20purple%20by%20VG.png) — VG |
| Orange Hulk | [devil_hulk.png](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1553662473004126298) — posted by Radrat; creator unconfirmed. | [Hulk - blue-white by minty](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/Hulk%20-%20blue-white%20by%20minty.png) — minty | [Hulk - purple-gold](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/Hulk%20-%20purple-gold.png) — unspecified in gallery | [Hulk - red](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/Hulk%20-%20red.png) — unspecified in gallery |
| Gold War Machine | [WMLAVA.png](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1516731143154569267) — posted by hachikuji; creator unconfirmed. | [Pink_Machine.png](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1456217801743138990) — posted by VG; creator unconfirmed. | [25.png](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1430041779960414209) — posted by Kest; creator unconfirmed. | [22.png](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1430040180055609374) — posted by Kest; creator unconfirmed. |
| Shadow Lady | [Flying Dutchman](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1421855591638368346) — posted by hachikuji; creator unconfirmed. | [White](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1421855591638368346) — posted by hachikuji; creator unconfirmed. | [Golden Chun](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1386692132386897920) — posted by hachikuji; creator unconfirmed. | [Evil Chun](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1314550372454633472) — posted by hachikuji; creator unconfirmed. |
| Lilith-mode Morrigan | [Yoruichi](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1408911283012763849) — posted by GoldmanJaqs; creator unconfirmed. | [Silver](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1418090439470219347) — posted by Reluu; creator unconfirmed. | [Devil](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1408904480132431952) — posted by GoldmanJaqs; creator unconfirmed. | [Scotland](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1201659403606953994) — posted by USM\| TyUpTyDown; creator unconfirmed. |

## Five paired replacements

Gold War Machine HP+HK changes to remove the duplicate exposed by restoring the native Kick choice. Orange Hulk MP+MK changes because its pale body was too close to a regular Hulk color; HP+HK changes because its cyan body was too close to its own native Kick choice. Red Venom LP+LK changes because its silver body was too close to regular Anti-Venom. Lilith MP+MK changes because the pale-hair/pink outfit combination was too close to a regular Morrigan choice.

| Secret form | Choice | Source and credit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Red Venom | LP+LK / 6 | [Venom - ice](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/Venom%20-%20ice.png) — unspecified in gallery |
| Orange Hulk | MP+MK / 7 | [HulkLava.png](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1513521009657905372) — posted by hachikuji; creator unconfirmed. |
| Orange Hulk | HP+HK / 8 | [Hulk - tubby by bubblegum](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/Hulk%20-%20tubby%20by%20bubblegum.png) — bubblegum |
| Gold War Machine | HP+HK / 8 | [warm.png](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1361535902555439305) — posted by Milk; creator unconfirmed. |
| Lilith-mode Morrigan | MP+MK / 7 | [REDRUM](https://discord.com/channels/230270015838879744/680286627373121536/1137966240716050596) — posted by rm_218; creator unconfirmed. |

## Ten retained paired choices

These preserve the complete frozen candidate05 body and presentation blocks. Native PSX colors are Capcom designs; Hikari's credit is for collecting their indexed gallery previews. Named custom creators retain their gallery credit.

| Secret form | Choice | Source and credit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Red Venom | MP+MK / 7 | [Venom - MvC1 Hyper Venom PSX Bonus 2](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/Venom%20-%20MvC1%20Hyper%20Venom%20PSX%20Bonus%202.png) — Capcom palette; Hikari PSX gallery collection |
| Red Venom | HP+HK / 8 | [Venom - Carnage by Minty](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/Venom%20-%20Carnage%20by%20Minty.png) — Minty |
| Orange Hulk | LP+LK / 6 | [Hulk - MvC1 Orange Hulk PSX Bonus 1](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/Hulk%20-%20MvC1%20Orange%20Hulk%20PSX%20Bonus%201.png) — Capcom palette; Hikari PSX gallery collection |
| Gold War Machine | LP+LK / 6 | [War Machine - MvC1 Gold War Machine PSX Bonus 1](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/War%20Machine%20-%20MvC1%20Gold%20War%20Machine%20PSX%20Bonus%201.png) — Capcom palette; Hikari PSX gallery collection |
| Gold War Machine | MP+MK / 7 | [War Machine - MvC1 Gold War Machine PSX Bonus 2](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/War%20Machine%20-%20MvC1%20Gold%20War%20Machine%20PSX%20Bonus%202.png) — Capcom palette; Hikari PSX gallery collection |
| Shadow Lady | LP+LK / 6 | [Chun-Li - MvC1 Shadow Lady PSX Bonus 1](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/Chun-Li%20-%20MvC1%20Shadow%20Lady%20PSX%20Bonus%201.png) — Capcom palette; Hikari PSX gallery collection |
| Shadow Lady | MP+MK / 7 | [Chun-Li - MvC1 Shadow Lady PSX Bonus 2](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/Chun-Li%20-%20MvC1%20Shadow%20Lady%20PSX%20Bonus%202.png) — Capcom palette; Hikari PSX gallery collection |
| Shadow Lady | HP+HK / 8 | [Chun-Li - Morrigan by AndrewRich](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/Chun-Li%20-%20Morrigan%20by%20AndrewRich.png) — AndrewRich |
| Lilith-mode Morrigan | LP+LK / 6 | [Morrigan - MvC1 Lilith PSX Bonus 1](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/Morrigan%20-%20MvC1%20Lilith%20PSX%20Bonus%201.png) — Capcom palette; Hikari PSX gallery collection |
| Lilith-mode Morrigan | HP+HK / 8 | [Morrigan - blood red](https://zachd.com/palmod/gallery/Morrigan%20-%20blood%20red.png) — unspecified in gallery |

## Body, portraits and super effects

Only source pens1–15 in the first indexed row map to native body row0 pens0–14. Each channel is quantized with `(channel*15+127)//255` to CPS2 RGB444. Every replacement retains the secret form's native Punch brightness bits, unused pen15, and remaining two body rows. Additional preview rows, companion illustrations and attack effects are not imported as body data. The original two restore exact full native P/K blocks; the ten retained paired blocks keep all their existing bytes.

Selection, versus/team-super and victory art use their corresponding secret form's native palette anchors and are derived separately. Gold War Machine's temporary Optic and Lilith's temporary effect readers and behavior hooks stay unchanged; selected temporary color values can follow the restored body anchors. Shadow Lady's existing REMIX static-color policy and ARCADE animated-color policy stay unchanged. Lilith here is the MVC Morrigan-derived point form, ID2C; short-haired helper illustrations do not substitute for that body.

## Verification and source bindings

The complete approved 45 body rows were independently reconstructed from the original indexed files, exact native P/K and retained candidate05 pairs. They have no exact regular palette match across 216 reference banks, using both all 15 main-body colors and conservative actor-visible masks. War Machine's source pen 9 occurs only in a preview swatch, so it cannot establish a distinct choice by itself. Visual approval also compared each secret's nine choices with its regular parent's nine; numeric distance alone was not treated as proof of a distinct costume. The plotted comparisons show exact RGB444 data on the original actor index plane and are not native gameplay captures.

The immutable source subset records are:

- Final merged `analysis/v91_secret_palette_distinct_20261002/source-selection.json`, SHA-256 `e9a6587f9d94335ba8acb1230d78326bcaf800c2065c311474de20423bf5ce88`.
- `analysis/v91_secret_palette_distinct_20261002/routes-approved-source-selection.json`, SHA-256 `d108e472ebe4b83d0195b1e0c2fd20d623e6f419ee25f5b99721adbd56189089`.
- `analysis/v91_secret_palette_distinct_20261002/effects-approved-source-selection-v2.json`, SHA-256 `41712ba4b0da8b5febbb0f6f34a0efbaa043961968c84cb0b0001557d75e2be0`.
- `analysis/v91_secret_palette_distinct_20261002/approved-45-masked-collision-audit.json`, SHA-256 `f5aa24aa70e0264fb6693ececf20d8b493b410333b8950ec7bc281621b7ae9dc`.

Those records include source PNG hashes, dimensions, indexed palettes, transparency, creator/poster distinctions, body index-plane proof, expected full96 CPU hashes, exact original anchors and retained choices. Built-candidate byte reconstruction, native rendering, effects, sound, Windows runtime and netplay are separate qualification records. No Heroes Reborn program bytes or unrelated project palettes are imported.