What color is

the game of go

Ink black 70% · Charcoal 45% · Bone white 44%

What color is the game of go? Asked about 63 colors one at a time, Jev said “the game of go” is most likely Ink black (70%), followed by Charcoal (45%) and Bone white (44%). It answered yes to 1 of the 63. In character it reads as evenly lit, cool, calm and emotionally neutral.

Jev's answer

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

  1. Ink black70%
  2. Charcoal45%
  3. Bone white44%
  4. Snow white43%
  5. Sand32%
  6. Caramel32%
  7. Sepia31%
  8. Slate gray28%
  9. Midnight28%
  10. Cream26%
All 63 colors
  1. Chocolate26%
  2. Forest green23%
  3. Taupe22%
  4. Moss22%
  5. Sage21%
  6. Amber20%
  7. Terracotta20%
  8. Grass green20%
  9. Navy20%
  10. Gold19%
  11. Silver18%
  12. Mustard18%
  13. Copper16%
  14. Steel blue16%
  15. Rust15%
  16. Butter yellow15%
  17. Olive15%
  18. Ice blue15%
  19. Cobalt15%
  20. Indigo15%
  21. Sunflower14%
  22. Aubergine14%
  23. Blood red13%
  24. Scarlet13%
  25. Emerald13%
  26. Teal13%
  27. Sky blue13%
  28. Crimson12%
  29. Tangerine12%
  30. Lemon12%
  31. Lime12%
  32. Cornflower12%
  33. Electric blue12%
  34. Plum12%
  35. Mint11%
  36. Powder blue11%
  37. Lavender11%
  38. Amethyst11%
  39. Violet11%
  40. Aqua10%
  41. Neon purple10%
  42. Coral9.0%
  43. Peach9.0%
  44. Turquoise9.0%
  45. Lilac9.0%
  46. Salmon8.0%
  47. Blush8.0%
  48. Dusty rose8.0%
  49. Neon green8.0%
  50. Mauve8.0%
  51. Magenta7.0%
  52. Bubblegum pink6.0%
  53. Hot pink6.0%
Signature

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

Character

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

Light1.8/4
darkbright
Warmth1.5/4
coldhot
Energy1.2/4
stillwild
Mood2.0/4
somberjoyful

The Game of Go 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.