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I thought we were making progress in what exactly the question is, but I am not so sure.
1. As mentioned, there is no such thing as "pure energy"
2, If I pop a red quark out of the vacuum, I necessarily have to also pop an anti-red antiquark out of the vacuum.
3. All quarkls of the same flavor have the same mass, irresepective of color. Indeed, we have complete freedom to define what we call what color - what @vanhees71 calls "red" I can call "green" and every observable will be exactly the same. (That's what the symmetry means)
4. There is no such thing as an uncolored gluon.
This has to be our starting point. If you don't accept this, we need to get this cleared up before moving on.
1. As mentioned, there is no such thing as "pure energy"
2, If I pop a red quark out of the vacuum, I necessarily have to also pop an anti-red antiquark out of the vacuum.
3. All quarkls of the same flavor have the same mass, irresepective of color. Indeed, we have complete freedom to define what we call what color - what @vanhees71 calls "red" I can call "green" and every observable will be exactly the same. (That's what the symmetry means)
4. There is no such thing as an uncolored gluon.
This has to be our starting point. If you don't accept this, we need to get this cleared up before moving on.