---
title: "BrandVariant"
description: "the system at one coordinate: a sparse delta over its parent, made by one derivation; the old layer's variants, axes and derivations kept and made rows"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/brandvariant
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# BrandVariant

the system at one coordinate: a sparse delta over its parent, made by one derivation; the old layer's variants, axes and derivations kept and made rows

[figure: BrandVariant is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | market |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | `text` | yes |  |
| `coordinate` | [BrandCoordinate](/concepts/brandcoordinate) | yes |  |
| `parent` | `text` | no | the variant the delta applies over; absent for the base |
| `derivation` | `one of measured \| dark mode \| accent shift \| density \| contrast fix \| modality treatment \| medium` | yes |  |
| `delta` | [BrandDelta](/concepts/branddelta) | yes |  |
| `rules` | `[text]` | yes | the rules of the derivation, each named |
| `basis` | [Basis](/concepts/basis) | yes |  |
| `from` | `[hash]` | yes |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns BrandVariant directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.