What color is

chess

Ink black 56% · Snow white 52% · Charcoal 42%

What color is chess? Asked about 63 colors one at a time, Jev said “chess” is most likely Ink black (56%), followed by Snow white (52%) and Charcoal (42%). It answered yes to 2 of the 63. In character it reads as evenly lit, cool, calm and emotionally neutral.

Jev's answer

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

  1. Ink black56%
  2. Snow white52%
  3. Charcoal42%
  4. Slate gray34%
  5. Midnight34%
  6. Silver29%
  7. Bone white26%
  8. Chocolate25%
  9. Navy24%
  10. Sepia21%
All 63 colors
  1. Cream20%
  2. Caramel20%
  3. Steel blue20%
  4. Gold19%
  5. Sand18%
  6. Forest green17%
  7. Cobalt17%
  8. Blood red15%
  9. Crimson15%
  10. Scarlet15%
  11. Grass green15%
  12. Ice blue15%
  13. Indigo15%
  14. Taupe14%
  15. Amber14%
  16. Terracotta14%
  17. Rust14%
  18. Copper14%
  19. Moss14%
  20. Emerald14%
  21. Cornflower14%
  22. Aubergine14%
  23. Powder blue13%
  24. Electric blue13%
  25. Mustard12%
  26. Butter yellow12%
  27. Sage12%
  28. Sky blue12%
  29. Amethyst12%
  30. Violet12%
  31. Teal11%
  32. Plum11%
  33. Tangerine10%
  34. Sunflower10%
  35. Mint10%
  36. Lavender10%
  37. Neon purple10%
  38. Lemon9.0%
  39. Lime9.0%
  40. Olive9.0%
  41. Aqua9.0%
  42. Turquoise9.0%
  43. Lilac9.0%
  44. Coral8.0%
  45. Blush8.0%
  46. Dusty rose8.0%
  47. Magenta8.0%
  48. Neon green8.0%
  49. Salmon7.0%
  50. Bubblegum pink7.0%
  51. Hot pink7.0%
  52. Peach7.0%
  53. Mauve7.0%
Signature

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

Character

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

Light1.6/4
darkbright
Warmth1.2/4
coldhot
Energy1.4/4
stillwild
Mood2.0/4
somberjoyful

Chess color palette

Feels like

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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.