diff --git a/branding/index.html b/branding/index.html
index 409e004..3acd19a 100644
--- a/branding/index.html
+++ b/branding/index.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <meta charset="utf-8">
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
 <title>hermes.x — brand kit</title>
-<meta name="description" content="Hermes brand kit: mark, palette, name, voice. Not Hermès the fashion house; Hermes the messenger god.">
+<meta name="description" content="Hermes brand kit: mark, palette, name, voice.">
 <link rel="icon" href="../assets/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml">
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="../assets/shared.css">
 <style>
@@ -71,11 +71,6 @@
     <b>Ermis</b> (Ἑρμῆς). Written form is always Hermes outside Greek contexts.</p>
   <p>The keyboard shortcut inside Theseus is <code class="inline">Ctrl+Shift+E</code>
     — E for Ermis, off the collision path with Chrome's own Ctrl+Shift+M.</p>
-  <div class="note warn" style="margin-top:1rem"><b>Not Hermès.</b> The French
-    fashion house owns the mental model for the word with the grave accent and
-    the orange leather. We spell it <b>Hermes</b> (no accent). Our mark is a
-    winged envelope mid-flight, not a horse-drawn carriage. If a visitor
-    confuses the two, the mark alone should set them straight.</div>
 </section>
 
 <section>
@@ -127,7 +122,7 @@
       </tr>
       <tr>
         <td class="y">Pair with the wordmark "hermes.x" when context is unclear.</td>
-        <td class="n">Pair with the Hermès logotype or any horsey mascot.</td>
+        <td class="n">Apply to a product with a different protocol or trust model.</td>
       </tr>
     </tbody>
   </table>
@@ -145,16 +140,13 @@
     <div class="sw"><div class="block" style="background:#38BDF8"></div><div class="meta"><b>sky</b><code>#38BDF8</code> — primary accent (mark)</div></div>
     <div class="sw"><div class="block" style="background:#60A5FA"></div><div class="meta"><b>sky-soft</b><code>#60A5FA</code> — hover, secondary</div></div>
     <div class="sw"><div class="block" style="background:#0EA5E9"></div><div class="meta"><b>sky-deep</b><code>#0EA5E9</code> — pressed / active</div></div>
+    <div class="sw"><div class="block" style="background:#FF6D00"></div><div class="meta"><b>orange</b><code>#FF6D00</code> — alternate accent</div></div>
+    <div class="sw"><div class="block" style="background:#FF8C1A"></div><div class="meta"><b>orange-light</b><code>#FF8C1A</code> — hover, secondary</div></div>
+    <div class="sw"><div class="block" style="background:#E65100"></div><div class="meta"><b>orange-deep</b><code>#E65100</code> — pressed / active</div></div>
     <div class="sw"><div class="block" style="background:#e7eaf1"></div><div class="meta"><b>ink</b><code>#e7eaf1</code> — body text</div></div>
     <div class="sw"><div class="block" style="background:#8b98a9"></div><div class="meta"><b>mut</b><code>#8b98a9</code> — muted text</div></div>
     <div class="sw"><div class="block" style="background:#ffc75f"></div><div class="meta"><b>warn</b><code>#ffc75f</code> — warnings, unread accents</div></div>
   </div>
-
-  <div class="note"><b>Alternate: Hermès-palette orange.</b> The brand file also
-    carries a warm orange variant (<code class="inline">#FF6D00</code>,
-    <code class="inline">#FF8C1A</code>, <code class="inline">#E65100</code>)
-    for third parties who prefer the Hermes-god colour association. Pick one
-    or the other — never both in the same build. Sky-mid is the default.</div>
 </section>
 
 <section>
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 44c0baa..b5a51e3 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@
 
 <footer>
   <div>hermes.x — a <a href="https://silentmode.st/">Silent Mode</a> project.</div>
-  <div class="fine">Named for the messenger of the gods. Ermis in modern Greek.
-    Not Hermès (no accent, no horse, no orange luggage).</div>
+  <div class="fine">Named for the messenger of the gods. Ermis in modern Greek.</div>
 </footer>
 
 </body>