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In this paper we address the problem of structural shape and topology optimization in a multi-material domain. A level-set method is employed as an alternative approach to the popular homogenization-based methods of rule of mixtures for multi-material modeling. A multi-phase level-set model is adapted for material and topology representation. This model eliminates the need for a material interpolation or phase mixing scheme. It only requires m level-set functions to represent a structure of n=2^m different material phases, in a principle similar to combining colors from the three primary colors. Therefore, this multi-phase model may be referred to as a “color” level-set representation which has its unique benefits: it is flexible to handle complex topologies; it substantially reduces the number of model functions when n>3; it automatically avoids the problem of overlap between material phases of a conventional …