What color is

a power outage

Ink black 67% · Midnight 58% · Charcoal 49%

What color is a power outage? Asked about 63 colors one at a time, Jev said “a power outage” is most likely Ink black (67%), followed by Midnight (58%) and Charcoal (49%). It answered yes to 2 of the 63. In character it reads as pitch-dark, cool, calm and emotionally neutral.

Jev's answer

We asked Jev 63 yes-or-no questions: does this color belong to “a power outage”? These are the probabilities it answered yes. It said yes to 2.

  1. Ink black67%
  2. Midnight58%
  3. Charcoal49%
  4. Slate gray33%
  5. Electric blue25%
  6. Navy25%
  7. Amber23%
  8. Ice blue22%
  9. Blood red21%
  10. Scarlet20%
All 63 colors
  1. Indigo20%
  2. Sepia18%
  3. Steel blue18%
  4. Silver17%
  5. Snow white17%
  6. Chocolate16%
  7. Crimson15%
  8. Rust15%
  9. Copper14%
  10. Sky blue14%
  11. Cobalt14%
  12. Aubergine14%
  13. Bone white13%
  14. Taupe13%
  15. Tangerine13%
  16. Powder blue13%
  17. Cream12%
  18. Caramel12%
  19. Forest green12%
  20. Cornflower12%
  21. Neon purple12%
  22. Sand11%
  23. Terracotta11%
  24. Lemon11%
  25. Sunflower11%
  26. Mustard11%
  27. Butter yellow11%
  28. Aqua11%
  29. Teal11%
  30. Violet11%
  31. Plum11%
  32. Gold10%
  33. Grass green10%
  34. Sage10%
  35. Olive10%
  36. Moss10%
  37. Turquoise10%
  38. Coral9.0%
  39. Neon green9.0%
  40. Mint9.0%
  41. Emerald9.0%
  42. Lavender9.0%
  43. Amethyst9.0%
  44. Salmon8.0%
  45. Magenta8.0%
  46. Peach8.0%
  47. Lime8.0%
  48. Lilac8.0%
  49. Mauve8.0%
  50. Blush7.0%
  51. Dusty rose7.0%
  52. Hot pink7.0%
  53. Bubblegum pink6.0%
Signature

One color for “a power outage”: a perceptual blend of Jev's leading answers.

Character

Four more questions, each answered as a probability over five levels.

Light0.1/4
darkbright
Warmth0.7/4
coldhot
Energy1.3/4
stillwild
Mood1.6/4
somberjoyful

A Power Outage color palette

Feels like

eclipseInk black 80%a black holeInk black 81%caviarInk black 62%deep spaceInk black 82%film noirInk black 86%nothingInk black 46%

More everyday moments

All everyday moments →
a funeralInk black 89%final examsInk black 36%a haunted houseInk black 68%a gas station at nightInk black 68%a movie theaterInk black 67%a flat tireInk black 39%a prison cellCharcoal 70%a gymCharcoal 37%a job interviewCharcoal 39%a hangoverCharcoal 31%a subway at rush hourCharcoal 52%tax seasonSlate gray 25%

Browse the atlas

Emotions149 wordsPersonality60 wordsNature & Weather102 wordsSeasons & Time40 wordsHolidays & Celebrations50 wordsCountries102 wordsCities113 wordsAesthetics & Styles84 wordsEras & Decades30 wordsFood & Drink191 wordsAnimals125 wordsFlowers & Plants68 wordsGems & Materials76 wordsMusic & Sound87 wordsBig Ideas128 wordsEveryday Moments129 wordsMyth & Fantasy83 wordsSpace44 wordsZodiac & Mystic75 wordsNames137 wordsLetters & Numbers39 wordsSports & Games50 wordsJobs82 wordsUntranslatable Words45 wordsTech & Internet72 wordsSenses55 words

How it works

  1. You type a phrase. A word, a feeling, a place, a memory — anything up to 60 characters, in any language.
  2. Jev answers 67 questions at once. Jev is a “System One” model from TypeSafe AI. It doesn't write sentences; it returns calibrated probabilities. For each of 63 named colors it tells us how likely that color belongs to your phrase, and it rates the phrase on light, warmth, energy and mood.
  3. We paint the probabilities. The strongest colors get the most room; the motion follows the energy score; the text flips dark on bright fields. Every number on the page is Jev's raw answer. Nothing is hand-picked.