What color is

lunar new year

Gold 81% · Blood red 77% · Scarlet 69%

What color is lunar new year? Asked about 63 colors one at a time, Jev said “lunar new year” is most likely Gold (81%), followed by Blood red (77%) and Scarlet (69%). It answered yes to 4 of the 63. In character it reads as bright, warm, lively and pleasant.

Jev's answer

We asked Jev 63 yes-or-no questions: does this color belong to “lunar new year”? These are the probabilities it answered yes. It said yes to 4.

  1. Gold81%
  2. Blood red77%
  3. Scarlet69%
  4. Crimson66%
  5. Tangerine49%
  6. Amber47%
  7. Sunflower34%
  8. Caramel29%
  9. Mustard27%
  10. Terracotta26%
All 63 colors
  1. Copper26%
  2. Snow white24%
  3. Blush24%
  4. Lemon24%
  5. Coral23%
  6. Grass green23%
  7. Cream22%
  8. Rust22%
  9. Butter yellow22%
  10. Emerald21%
  11. Midnight21%
  12. Ice blue20%
  13. Sepia19%
  14. Cobalt19%
  15. Plum19%
  16. Ink black18%
  17. Bone white18%
  18. Sand18%
  19. Salmon18%
  20. Peach18%
  21. Forest green18%
  22. Amethyst18%
  23. Indigo18%
  24. Silver17%
  25. Sage17%
  26. Sky blue17%
  27. Lime16%
  28. Mint16%
  29. Navy16%
  30. Magenta15%
  31. Chocolate15%
  32. Moss15%
  33. Powder blue15%
  34. Steel blue15%
  35. Lavender15%
  36. Aubergine15%
  37. Charcoal14%
  38. Dusty rose14%
  39. Bubblegum pink14%
  40. Turquoise14%
  41. Cornflower14%
  42. Electric blue14%
  43. Lilac14%
  44. Violet14%
  45. Hot pink13%
  46. Aqua13%
  47. Slate gray12%
  48. Olive12%
  49. Teal12%
  50. Mauve12%
  51. Neon purple12%
  52. Neon green11%
  53. Taupe10%
Signature

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

Character

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

Light2.9/4
darkbright
Warmth2.5/4
coldhot
Energy2.5/4
stillwild
Mood3.0/4
somberjoyful

Lunar New Year 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.