What color is

an emoji

Sunflower 38%

What color is an emoji? Asked about 63 colors one at a time, Jev said “an emoji” is most likely Sunflower (38%), followed by Lemon (35%) and Blush (34%). It answered yes to 0 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 “an emoji”? These are the probabilities it answered yes. It said yes to 0.

  1. Sunflower38%
  2. Lemon35%
  3. Blush34%
  4. Grass green34%
  5. Ice blue28%
  6. Sky blue28%
  7. Bubblegum pink27%
  8. Amber27%
  9. Butter yellow26%
  10. Snow white24%
All 63 colors
  1. Tangerine24%
  2. Scarlet22%
  3. Electric blue22%
  4. Blood red21%
  5. Gold21%
  6. Emerald21%
  7. Aqua21%
  8. Neon purple21%
  9. Crimson20%
  10. Hot pink20%
  11. Lime20%
  12. Peach19%
  13. Powder blue19%
  14. Coral18%
  15. Magenta18%
  16. Neon green18%
  17. Mint18%
  18. Turquoise18%
  19. Cornflower18%
  20. Amethyst18%
  21. Salmon17%
  22. Sage17%
  23. Forest green17%
  24. Violet17%
  25. Caramel16%
  26. Lavender16%
  27. Lilac16%
  28. Slate gray15%
  29. Silver15%
  30. Moss15%
  31. Teal15%
  32. Steel blue15%
  33. Ink black14%
  34. Dusty rose14%
  35. Chocolate14%
  36. Mauve14%
  37. Charcoal13%
  38. Bone white13%
  39. Terracotta13%
  40. Mustard13%
  41. Cobalt13%
  42. Indigo13%
  43. Sand12%
  44. Cream12%
  45. Copper12%
  46. Midnight12%
  47. Plum12%
  48. Rust11%
  49. Sepia11%
  50. Olive11%
  51. Navy11%
  52. Aubergine11%
  53. Taupe8.0%
Signature

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

Character

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

Light2.7/4
darkbright
Warmth2.1/4
coldhot
Energy1.9/4
stillwild
Mood2.1/4
somberjoyful

An Emoji color palette

Feels like

waking upSunflower 46%morningSunflower 69%the first day of schoolSunflower 33%niceSunflower 35%an early birdSunflower 36%impressionismSunflower 59%

More tech & internet

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a polaroid photoCream 55%bitcoinGold 39%a vhs tapeSepia 47%a floppy diskSepia 30%a cassette tapeSepia 46%dial-up internetSepia 42%a circuit boardCopper 58%the matrixNeon green 86%a hackerNeon green 75%a computer virusNeon green 44%a crt monitorNeon green 57%codeNeon green 49%

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.