What color is

yūgen

Midnight 69% · Ink black 59% · Indigo 58%

What color is yūgen? Asked about 63 colors one at a time, Jev said “yūgen” is most likely Midnight (69%), followed by Ink black (59%) and Indigo (58%). It answered yes to 4 of the 63. In character it reads as dim, cool, calm and melancholic.

Jev's answer

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

  1. Midnight69%
  2. Ink black59%
  3. Indigo58%
  4. Charcoal52%
  5. Navy49%
  6. Slate gray46%
  7. Aubergine43%
  8. Sepia41%
  9. Steel blue41%
  10. Violet40%
All 63 colors
  1. Ice blue37%
  2. Cobalt37%
  3. Moss36%
  4. Sky blue36%
  5. Forest green35%
  6. Sage34%
  7. Powder blue34%
  8. Plum34%
  9. Silver33%
  10. Lavender33%
  11. Taupe31%
  12. Amethyst30%
  13. Lilac28%
  14. Bone white27%
  15. Mauve26%
  16. Sand24%
  17. Teal24%
  18. Cornflower24%
  19. Snow white23%
  20. Cream22%
  21. Dusty rose21%
  22. Caramel20%
  23. Chocolate20%
  24. Olive20%
  25. Rust19%
  26. Gold19%
  27. Emerald19%
  28. Aqua19%
  29. Blush18%
  30. Amber18%
  31. Turquoise18%
  32. Grass green17%
  33. Electric blue17%
  34. Terracotta16%
  35. Copper16%
  36. Mint15%
  37. Crimson14%
  38. Mustard14%
  39. Peach13%
  40. Butter yellow13%
  41. Neon purple13%
  42. Blood red12%
  43. Coral12%
  44. Tangerine12%
  45. Sunflower12%
  46. Scarlet11%
  47. Salmon11%
  48. Magenta11%
  49. Lemon9.0%
  50. Lime8.0%
  51. Bubblegum pink7.0%
  52. Hot pink7.0%
  53. Neon green6.0%
Signature

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

Character

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

Light0.8/4
darkbright
Warmth1.0/4
coldhot
Energy0.9/4
stillwild
Mood1.1/4
somberjoyful

Yūgen color palette

Feels like

secretsMidnight 67%a lonerMidnight 51%owlMidnight 61%an introvertMidnight 45%3amMidnight 80%midnightMidnight 87%

More untranslatable words

All untranslatable words →
sehnsuchtMidnight 55%toskaMidnight 57%fernwehSky blue 52%friluftslivForest green 80%ubuntuGrass green 21%shinrin-yokuGrass green 88%ikigaiGrass green 27%lagomSage 39%petrichorMoss 53%kintsugiGold 96%komorebiGold 62%joie de vivreSunflower 69%

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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.