Golf ball with integrally-related alignment features

A golf ball, comprising:

• a spherical surface comprising a base color;
• and
• an alignment aid comprising one or more non-base colors, the alignment aid being completely within a circumferential ring area of the golf ball, the circumferential ring area defined by two circular boundaries that enclose and are parallel to a great circle of the golf ball, wherein a dimension between the two circular boundaries is defined as a width W measured in a width direction,
• wherein the alignment aid is oriented with a target direction perpendicular to the width direction when viewing the golf ball from above and comprises:
• a first alignment feature comprising a plurality of first areas each in a shape of a first directional indicator, each of the first areas comprising a pattern of non-base color elements, wherein each element is a second directional indicator and wherein the plurality of first areas are spaced from each other in the target direction;
• and
• a second alignment feature comprising a base color third directional indicator formed in spaces between the plurality of first areas and defined by edges of at least some of the non-base color elements on two sides of the spaces such that for n first areas, the alignment aid comprises n−1 second alignment features;
• and
• wherein the first directional indicators, the second directional indicators, and the third directional indicators are simultaneously visible to a golfer viewing the golf ball from above and, in combination, orient the golf ball along a path that follows the target direction.