What color is

a school bus

Butter yellow 76% · Amber 73% · Sunflower 69%

What color is a school bus? Asked about 63 colors one at a time, Jev said “a school bus” is most likely Butter yellow (76%), followed by Amber (73%) and Sunflower (69%). It answered yes to 4 of the 63. In character it reads as bright, temperate, steady and emotionally neutral.

Jev's answer

We asked Jev 63 yes-or-no questions: does this color belong to “a school bus”? These are the probabilities it answered yes. It said yes to 4.

  1. Butter yellow76%
  2. Amber73%
  3. Sunflower69%
  4. Mustard56%
  5. Gold39%
  6. Lemon33%
  7. Tangerine22%
  8. Caramel18%
  9. Scarlet14%
  10. Crimson13%
All 63 colors
  1. Snow white12%
  2. Cream12%
  3. Rust11%
  4. Charcoal10%
  5. Sand10%
  6. Blood red10%
  7. Grass green10%
  8. Forest green10%
  9. Navy10%
  10. Slate gray9.0%
  11. Silver9.0%
  12. Terracotta9.0%
  13. Copper9.0%
  14. Sepia9.0%
  15. Olive9.0%
  16. Moss9.0%
  17. Sky blue9.0%
  18. Steel blue9.0%
  19. Ink black8.0%
  20. Bone white8.0%
  21. Taupe8.0%
  22. Sage8.0%
  23. Powder blue8.0%
  24. Cornflower8.0%
  25. Cobalt8.0%
  26. Midnight8.0%
  27. Chocolate7.0%
  28. Lime7.0%
  29. Emerald7.0%
  30. Teal7.0%
  31. Ice blue7.0%
  32. Electric blue7.0%
  33. Indigo7.0%
  34. Coral6.0%
  35. Blush6.0%
  36. Dusty rose6.0%
  37. Bubblegum pink6.0%
  38. Peach6.0%
  39. Neon green6.0%
  40. Mint6.0%
  41. Turquoise6.0%
  42. Salmon5.0%
  43. Hot pink5.0%
  44. Aqua5.0%
  45. Lavender5.0%
  46. Amethyst5.0%
  47. Plum5.0%
  48. Aubergine5.0%
  49. Magenta4.0%
  50. Lilac4.0%
  51. Mauve4.0%
  52. Violet4.0%
  53. Neon purple4.0%
Signature

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

Character

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

Light2.7/4
darkbright
Warmth2.3/4
coldhot
Energy2.4/4
stillwild
Mood2.1/4
somberjoyful

A School Bus color palette

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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.