What color is

saudade

Sepia 61% · Midnight 44%

What color is saudade? Asked about 63 colors one at a time, Jev said “saudade” is most likely Sepia (61%), followed by Midnight (44%) and Charcoal (32%). It answered yes to 1 of the 63. In character it reads as dim, temperate, calm and melancholic.

Jev's answer

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

  1. Sepia61%
  2. Midnight44%
  3. Charcoal32%
  4. Navy32%
  5. Indigo32%
  6. Ice blue31%
  7. Sky blue31%
  8. Slate gray30%
  9. Caramel29%
  10. Rust28%
All 63 colors
  1. Dusty rose27%
  2. Steel blue27%
  3. Powder blue25%
  4. Plum25%
  5. Sand24%
  6. Cobalt24%
  7. Aubergine24%
  8. Ink black23%
  9. Chocolate23%
  10. Taupe22%
  11. Amber22%
  12. Terracotta22%
  13. Cornflower21%
  14. Lavender21%
  15. Moss20%
  16. Forest green20%
  17. Cream19%
  18. Blood red19%
  19. Lilac19%
  20. Mauve19%
  21. Silver18%
  22. Crimson18%
  23. Blush18%
  24. Sage18%
  25. Amethyst18%
  26. Violet18%
  27. Bone white17%
  28. Copper17%
  29. Gold16%
  30. Grass green16%
  31. Olive16%
  32. Tangerine15%
  33. Mustard15%
  34. Teal15%
  35. Coral14%
  36. Salmon14%
  37. Peach14%
  38. Sunflower14%
  39. Butter yellow14%
  40. Emerald14%
  41. Turquoise14%
  42. Electric blue14%
  43. Snow white13%
  44. Scarlet13%
  45. Aqua13%
  46. Magenta12%
  47. Lemon11%
  48. Mint11%
  49. Bubblegum pink10%
  50. Neon purple10%
  51. Hot pink8.0%
  52. Lime8.0%
  53. Neon green5.0%
Signature

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

Character

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

Light1.0/4
darkbright
Warmth1.9/4
coldhot
Energy1.1/4
stillwild
Mood1.0/4
somberjoyful

Saudade color palette

Feels like

hiraethSepia 66%homesicknessSepia 54%the pastSepia 86%memorySepia 78%a librarySepia 55%dial-up internetSepia 42%

More untranslatable words

All untranslatable words →
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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.