diff --git a/.claude/rules/architecture-map.md b/.claude/rules/architecture-map.md
index 25d7f392..95a8da54 100644
--- a/.claude/rules/architecture-map.md
+++ b/.claude/rules/architecture-map.md
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ shell (or, in parallel, in per-test `.result` files aggregated at the end).
 | `state.sh` | counters, per-test payload encode/decode, TAP conversion |
 | `env.sh` | all `BASHUNIT_*` defaults/config files, scratch dirs (`_BASHUNIT_RUN_OUTPUT_DIR` + EXIT-trap cleanup) |
 | `parallel.sh` | worker temp tree, aggregation, stop-on-failure flag file |
-| `console_header.sh` / `console_results.sh` | header/totals rendering, deferred failed/skipped/incomplete/risky blocks (scratch files under the run dir) |
+| `console/index.sh` | aggregator only — sources the `src/console/` module below |
+| `console/colors.sh` | the `_BASHUNIT_COLOR_*` palette and `bashunit::sgr` |
+| `console/header.sh` / `console/results.sh` | header/totals rendering, deferred failed/skipped/incomplete/risky blocks (scratch files under the run dir) |
 | `assert/index.sh` | aggregator only — sources the `src/assert/` module below, plus `skip_todo.sh` and `test_doubles.sh` |
 | `assert/core.sh` | `assert::should_skip`, `assert::fail_with`, `assert::join_to_slot` and the comparison assertions the other files build on |
 | `assert/{arrays,assertions,dates,duration,files,folders,json,once,snapshot}.sh` | the per-topic assertions; the per-assertion path must stay fork-free |
diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 45fce408..0173d7b2 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ indent_size = 2
 [{Makefile,**.mk,.git*}]
 indent_style = tab
 
-[{tests/acceptance/**.sh,src/console_header.sh,docs/command-line.md}]
+[{tests/acceptance/**.sh,src/console/header.sh,docs/command-line.md}]
 indent_size = unset
 
 [.claude/**.md]
diff --git a/bashunit b/bashunit
index ae6cf529..1db3b96e 100755
--- a/bashunit
+++ b/bashunit
@@ -76,9 +76,7 @@ source "$BASHUNIT_ROOT_DIR/src/env.sh"
 source "$BASHUNIT_ROOT_DIR/src/coverage/index.sh"
 source "$BASHUNIT_ROOT_DIR/src/clock.sh"
 source "$BASHUNIT_ROOT_DIR/src/state.sh"
-source "$BASHUNIT_ROOT_DIR/src/colors.sh"
-source "$BASHUNIT_ROOT_DIR/src/console_header.sh"
-source "$BASHUNIT_ROOT_DIR/src/console_results.sh"
+source "$BASHUNIT_ROOT_DIR/src/console/index.sh"
 source "$BASHUNIT_ROOT_DIR/src/helpers.sh"
 source "$BASHUNIT_ROOT_DIR/src/test_title.sh"
 source "$BASHUNIT_ROOT_DIR/src/upgrade.sh"
diff --git a/src/colors.sh b/src/console/colors.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/colors.sh
rename to src/console/colors.sh
diff --git a/src/console_header.sh b/src/console/header.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/console_header.sh
rename to src/console/header.sh
diff --git a/src/console/index.sh b/src/console/index.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b4fc5b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/console/index.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Entry point for the src/console/ module: only `source` lines and comments
+# belong here. build.sh emits a file's body before recursing into its `source`
+# lines, so any statement here would run before its dependencies in the built
+# binary (adrs/adr-010-src-module-directories.md).
+#
+# colors.sh first: it defines the _BASHUNIT_COLOR_* palette that header.sh and
+# results.sh render with. Order matches the entrypoint's before this module
+# existed.
+source "$BASHUNIT_ROOT_DIR/src/console/colors.sh"
+source "$BASHUNIT_ROOT_DIR/src/console/header.sh"
+source "$BASHUNIT_ROOT_DIR/src/console/results.sh"
diff --git a/src/console_results.sh b/src/console/results.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/console_results.sh
rename to src/console/results.sh