What color is

soy sauce

Sepia 53% · Caramel 52% · Ink black 47%

What color is soy sauce? Asked about 63 colors one at a time, Jev said “soy sauce” is most likely Sepia (53%), followed by Caramel (52%) and Ink black (47%). It answered yes to 2 of the 63. In character it reads as dim, temperate, calm and emotionally neutral.

Jev's answer

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

  1. Sepia53%
  2. Caramel52%
  3. Ink black47%
  4. Chocolate40%
  5. Amber35%
  6. Midnight29%
  7. Charcoal28%
  8. Copper17%
  9. Gold17%
  10. Aubergine17%
All 63 colors
  1. Terracotta16%
  2. Rust16%
  3. Navy16%
  4. Taupe13%
  5. Sand11%
  6. Moss11%
  7. Indigo11%
  8. Plum11%
  9. Slate gray10%
  10. Blood red10%
  11. Mustard10%
  12. Forest green10%
  13. Sunflower9.0%
  14. Olive9.0%
  15. Crimson8.0%
  16. Tangerine8.0%
  17. Grass green8.0%
  18. Emerald8.0%
  19. Cobalt8.0%
  20. Cream7.0%
  21. Scarlet7.0%
  22. Butter yellow7.0%
  23. Sage7.0%
  24. Silver6.0%
  25. Bone white6.0%
  26. Coral6.0%
  27. Lemon6.0%
  28. Teal6.0%
  29. Steel blue6.0%
  30. Amethyst6.0%
  31. Snow white5.0%
  32. Salmon5.0%
  33. Dusty rose5.0%
  34. Magenta5.0%
  35. Peach5.0%
  36. Lime5.0%
  37. Mint5.0%
  38. Cornflower5.0%
  39. Mauve5.0%
  40. Violet5.0%
  41. Blush4.0%
  42. Aqua4.0%
  43. Turquoise4.0%
  44. Ice blue4.0%
  45. Powder blue4.0%
  46. Sky blue4.0%
  47. Electric blue4.0%
  48. Lavender4.0%
  49. Lilac4.0%
  50. Neon purple4.0%
  51. Bubblegum pink3.0%
  52. Hot pink3.0%
  53. Neon green3.0%
Signature

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

Character

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

Light0.6/4
darkbright
Warmth2.2/4
coldhot
Energy1.4/4
stillwild
Mood2.0/4
somberjoyful

Soy Sauce color palette

Feels like

lo-fiSepia 60%the victorian eraSepia 84%coffeeSepia 72%the middle agesSepia 69%an old soulSepia 72%mudSepia 68%

More food & drink

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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.