Here, without a prototype, the bottom note inherits the altered document default colour of 'red'. Note too, that $Color is not shown as a Displayed Attribute any more, even though the bottom note has focus. Why? Because that too was a customisation inherited from the prototype, showing that inheritance involves more than just aspects as obvious as a note's colour.
It is also possible to re-assert the full cascade…
See also—notes linking to here: