Glossary

• Seed — the input color used to generate a Material scheme.
• Variant — an accepted Material generation variant that changes how a seed is interpreted.
• Role — a semantic color assignment in a generated scheme, such as a foreground, surface, or accent role.
• Mode — the generated light or dark form of a theme.
• Adapter — a registry entry that knows how to generate or apply output for one target.
• Generated source — the target-specific output owned by Theme Manager after generation.
• Live destination — the configuration, package, import, or pointer an adapter updates while selecting a generated source.
• Apply — copy, install, or otherwise connect a selected generated source to a live target.
• Reload hook — a target-specific, best-effort action that asks a running application to reload after application.
• Environment gate — an adapter check that skips work when the required platform, application, or privilege is unavailable.

See generated files for the source/destination model and supported targets for registry-derived target details.