What color is

an asteroid

Slate gray 54% · Silver 45% · Charcoal 44%

What color is an asteroid? Asked about 63 colors one at a time, Jev said “an asteroid” is most likely Slate gray (54%), followed by Silver (45%) and Charcoal (44%). It answered yes to 1 of the 63. In character it reads as dim, icy, lively and emotionally neutral.

Jev's answer

We asked Jev 63 yes-or-no questions: does this color belong to “an asteroid”? These are the probabilities it answered yes. It said yes to 1.

  1. Slate gray54%
  2. Silver45%
  3. Charcoal44%
  4. Midnight31%
  5. Ink black29%
  6. Sand26%
  7. Taupe24%
  8. Terracotta21%
  9. Rust20%
  10. Bone white18%
All 63 colors
  1. Ice blue18%
  2. Steel blue18%
  3. Navy18%
  4. Amber17%
  5. Copper16%
  6. Caramel16%
  7. Sepia16%
  8. Indigo16%
  9. Snow white15%
  10. Blood red15%
  11. Chocolate15%
  12. Gold15%
  13. Mustard15%
  14. Sky blue14%
  15. Cream13%
  16. Olive13%
  17. Moss13%
  18. Tangerine12%
  19. Butter yellow12%
  20. Powder blue12%
  21. Cornflower12%
  22. Crimson11%
  23. Dusty rose11%
  24. Lemon11%
  25. Sunflower11%
  26. Sage11%
  27. Electric blue11%
  28. Neon purple11%
  29. Aubergine11%
  30. Scarlet10%
  31. Emerald10%
  32. Aqua10%
  33. Teal10%
  34. Cobalt10%
  35. Amethyst10%
  36. Violet10%
  37. Coral9.0%
  38. Forest green9.0%
  39. Turquoise9.0%
  40. Lavender9.0%
  41. Blush8.0%
  42. Peach8.0%
  43. Neon green8.0%
  44. Lime8.0%
  45. Lilac8.0%
  46. Mauve8.0%
  47. Plum8.0%
  48. Salmon7.0%
  49. Magenta7.0%
  50. Grass green7.0%
  51. Mint7.0%
  52. Bubblegum pink6.0%
  53. Hot pink6.0%
Signature

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

Character

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

Light0.8/4
darkbright
Warmth0.4/4
coldhot
Energy3.0/4
stillwild
Mood1.9/4
somberjoyful

An Asteroid 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.