What color is

ketchup

Scarlet 79% · Crimson 75% · Blood red 71%

What color is ketchup? Asked about 63 colors one at a time, Jev said “ketchup” is most likely Scarlet (79%), followed by Crimson (75%) and Blood red (71%). It answered yes to 3 of the 63. In character it reads as evenly lit, warm, steady and emotionally neutral.

Jev's answer

We asked Jev 63 yes-or-no questions: does this color belong to “ketchup”? These are the probabilities it answered yes. It said yes to 3.

  1. Scarlet79%
  2. Crimson75%
  3. Blood red71%
  4. Rust39%
  5. Terracotta35%
  6. Coral28%
  7. Salmon17%
  8. Dusty rose16%
  9. Tangerine15%
  10. Blush14%
All 63 colors
  1. Amber14%
  2. Caramel12%
  3. Bubblegum pink11%
  4. Hot pink11%
  5. Magenta11%
  6. Copper11%
  7. Sepia11%
  8. Mustard11%
  9. Plum9.0%
  10. Sunflower8.0%
  11. Chocolate7.0%
  12. Gold7.0%
  13. Ink black6.0%
  14. Charcoal6.0%
  15. Sand6.0%
  16. Peach6.0%
  17. Lemon6.0%
  18. Moss6.0%
  19. Midnight6.0%
  20. Bone white5.0%
  21. Snow white5.0%
  22. Taupe5.0%
  23. Cream5.0%
  24. Butter yellow5.0%
  25. Sage5.0%
  26. Mauve5.0%
  27. Aubergine5.0%
  28. Slate gray4.0%
  29. Silver4.0%
  30. Lime4.0%
  31. Grass green4.0%
  32. Mint4.0%
  33. Olive4.0%
  34. Emerald4.0%
  35. Forest green4.0%
  36. Teal4.0%
  37. Ice blue4.0%
  38. Powder blue4.0%
  39. Cornflower4.0%
  40. Cobalt4.0%
  41. Steel blue4.0%
  42. Navy4.0%
  43. Lilac4.0%
  44. Amethyst4.0%
  45. Violet4.0%
  46. Neon purple4.0%
  47. Indigo4.0%
  48. Neon green3.0%
  49. Aqua3.0%
  50. Turquoise3.0%
  51. Sky blue3.0%
  52. Electric blue3.0%
  53. Lavender3.0%
Signature

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

Character

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

Light2.0/4
darkbright
Warmth2.6/4
coldhot
Energy1.8/4
stillwild
Mood2.1/4
somberjoyful

Ketchup 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.