diff --git a/assets/favicon.svg b/assets/favicon.svg
index 8b4713ff..9d76aa7d 100644
--- a/assets/favicon.svg
+++ b/assets/favicon.svg
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64">
   <!-- theseus.x — Navigator compass mark. Rounded dark square (matches the
-       sirius.x sibling family) with a 4-arm compass diamond in Silent Mode
-       acid green. Reads as "compass / navigator" at 16x16 tab-icon size.
-       Top-and-bottom arm is fully saturated; horizontal arm is softened so
-       "north" (up) is unmistakable — the ship metaphor without a wordmark. -->
+       sirius.x sibling family). N (top) half red like every real compass
+       needle, S (bottom) half in Silent Mode acid green. E-W arm softened
+       so the N-S bearing reads clearly at 16x16 tab-icon size. -->
   <rect width="64" height="64" rx="12" fill="#0b0e14"/>
-  <path d="M32 6 L38 32 L32 58 L26 32 Z" fill="#d6ff3d"/>
+  <!-- N half — red bearing indicator -->
+  <path d="M32 6 L38 32 L26 32 Z" fill="#e04e4e"/>
+  <!-- S half — acid -->
+  <path d="M38 32 L32 58 L26 32 Z" fill="#d6ff3d"/>
+  <!-- E-W arm — softened acid so the vertical bearing dominates -->
   <path d="M6 32 L32 27 L58 32 L32 37 Z" fill="#d6ff3d" opacity="0.55"/>
+  <!-- Center hole -->
   <circle cx="32" cy="32" r="3" fill="#0b0e14"/>
 </svg>
diff --git a/assets/logo.svg b/assets/logo.svg
index ee97df96..8e034b4d 100644
--- a/assets/logo.svg
+++ b/assets/logo.svg
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 320 96">
   <!-- theseus.x wordmark for OpenGraph previews. Compass mark on the left,
-       wordmark on the right; kept single-color so it survives dark and
-       light preview cards without a background box. -->
+       wordmark on the right; kept single-color palette (dark + acid + red
+       bearing) so it survives dark and light preview cards. -->
   <g>
     <rect x="8" y="16" width="64" height="64" rx="12" fill="#0b0e14"/>
-    <path d="M40 22 L46 48 L40 74 L34 48 Z" fill="#d6ff3d"/>
+    <path d="M40 22 L46 48 L34 48 Z" fill="#e04e4e"/>
+    <path d="M46 48 L40 74 L34 48 Z" fill="#d6ff3d"/>
     <path d="M14 48 L40 43 L66 48 L40 53 Z" fill="#d6ff3d" opacity="0.55"/>
     <circle cx="40" cy="48" r="3" fill="#0b0e14"/>
   </g>
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 5547bf7d..12e142b1 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <meta charset="utf-8">
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
 <title>theseus.x — the browser that speaks Bitcoin Cash names</title>
-<meta name="description" content="Theseus Navigator: a Chromium-based browser with native BCH name resolution built in. No OS-level daemon, no DNS shim, no root-store install. Windows + Android.">
+<meta name="description" content="Theseus Navigator: a Chromium-based browser with native Bitcoin Cash name resolution built in. No OS-level daemon, no DNS shim, no root-store install. Windows + Android.">
 <link rel="icon" href="/assets/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml">
 <link rel="mask-icon" href="/assets/favicon.svg" color="#d6ff3d">
 <meta property="og:type" content="website">
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
   <a class="brand" href="/">
     <svg viewBox="0 0 64 64" aria-hidden="true">
       <rect width="64" height="64" rx="12" fill="#0b0e14"/>
-      <path d="M32 6 L38 32 L32 58 L26 32 Z" fill="#d6ff3d"/>
+      <path d="M32 6 L38 32 L26 32 Z" fill="#e04e4e"/>
+      <path d="M38 32 L32 58 L26 32 Z" fill="#d6ff3d"/>
       <path d="M6 32 L32 27 L58 32 L32 37 Z" fill="#d6ff3d" opacity=".55"/>
       <circle cx="32" cy="32" r="3" fill="#0b0e14"/>
     </svg>
@@ -110,7 +111,8 @@
   <div class="mark">
     <svg viewBox="0 0 64 64" aria-hidden="true">
       <rect width="64" height="64" rx="12" fill="#0b0e14"/>
-      <path d="M32 6 L38 32 L32 58 L26 32 Z" fill="#d6ff3d"/>
+      <path d="M32 6 L38 32 L26 32 Z" fill="#e04e4e"/>
+      <path d="M38 32 L32 58 L26 32 Z" fill="#d6ff3d"/>
       <path d="M6 32 L32 27 L58 32 L32 37 Z" fill="#d6ff3d" opacity=".55"/>
       <circle cx="32" cy="32" r="3" fill="#0b0e14"/>
     </svg>
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@
   <h2>What it is</h2>
   <p class="lede">Theseus is a browser built around the assumption that names should
      be resolved by the person using them, not by an intermediary. It ships an
-     embedded resolver (Ariadne) that watches the BCH chain directly and answers
+     embedded resolver (Ariadne) that watches the Bitcoin Cash chain directly and answers
      name lookups locally — the app <i>is</i> both the browser and the resolver.
      Every page carries a badge showing which registry produced the record
      (BCNR, ICANN) and which backend served the bytes (on-chain, Sia, direct IP,