What color is

licorice

Ink black 62% · Charcoal 45% · Midnight 41%

What color is licorice? Asked about 63 colors one at a time, Jev said “licorice” is most likely Ink black (62%), followed by Charcoal (45%) and Midnight (41%). It answered yes to 1 of the 63. In character it reads as pitch-dark, temperate, steady and emotionally neutral.

Jev's answer

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

  1. Ink black62%
  2. Charcoal45%
  3. Midnight41%
  4. Sepia35%
  5. Chocolate27%
  6. Plum24%
  7. Navy22%
  8. Aubergine22%
  9. Indigo21%
  10. Slate gray18%
All 63 colors
  1. Caramel18%
  2. Rust16%
  3. Violet16%
  4. Amber15%
  5. Taupe14%
  6. Moss14%
  7. Neon purple14%
  8. Blood red13%
  9. Terracotta13%
  10. Forest green13%
  11. Amethyst13%
  12. Copper12%
  13. Olive11%
  14. Lilac11%
  15. Crimson10%
  16. Gold10%
  17. Mustard10%
  18. Neon green10%
  19. Grass green10%
  20. Emerald10%
  21. Cobalt10%
  22. Sand9.0%
  23. Scarlet9.0%
  24. Tangerine9.0%
  25. Mint9.0%
  26. Sage9.0%
  27. Teal9.0%
  28. Lavender9.0%
  29. Mauve9.0%
  30. Silver8.0%
  31. Bone white8.0%
  32. Bubblegum pink8.0%
  33. Magenta8.0%
  34. Sunflower8.0%
  35. Lime8.0%
  36. Steel blue8.0%
  37. Snow white7.0%
  38. Cream7.0%
  39. Coral7.0%
  40. Blush7.0%
  41. Dusty rose7.0%
  42. Hot pink7.0%
  43. Lemon7.0%
  44. Butter yellow7.0%
  45. Turquoise7.0%
  46. Ice blue7.0%
  47. Cornflower7.0%
  48. Electric blue7.0%
  49. Salmon6.0%
  50. Peach6.0%
  51. Aqua6.0%
  52. Powder blue6.0%
  53. Sky blue6.0%
Signature

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

Character

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

Light0.3/4
darkbright
Warmth2.1/4
coldhot
Energy2.2/4
stillwild
Mood2.1/4
somberjoyful

Licorice 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.