subject: How To Learn More About The Meaning Of Colours And Your Personality Through Colour Personality Tests [print this page] Curious about colours? Have you ever taken a colour personality test? Nowadays schools, corporations and colleges are giving more importance than ever before to colour tests. These tests claim that they reflect a current state of your emotions as well as future predictions, and can be used to help career choices for example. Some dating sites also use them to match couples.
Additionally psychologists agree that colours can have different influences on different people, however some say that the colour tests deliver generalised meanings.
Colour tests are considered to have started with Max Luscher back in the 1940s, coming from the premise that different colours influence our emotions differently. Then for the purpose of the tests he reversed the logic, so that it was that different colours represent different behaviours. The colour test gives choices of colour preferences which then reflect our handling of our emotions and the world around us.
Results of the Luscher Colour Test for the Author:
Appreciative and sensitive, but you do not wish for great responsibility, particularly in relationships. You desire to be viewed as fascinating and charming by others, thereby exerting some control over them. You have a tendency to view own wishes, dreams and desires as reality.
You always want to be involved and are committed to whatever you are involved with. You have no problem in showing people your feelings. You usually behave naturally which is opposite to people who like the colour grey.
Comments:
There is a certain amount of truth here, but there are a couple of statements that are not true at all, or else I am in denial about them.... However for such a quick test it is interesting to see what comes back.
Then would you believe it is the same person (me) taking another colour personality test, this time it shows the top 10 personality features.
1.Comfortableness - Free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind.
2.Nurturer - To help grow or develop; cultivate: nurture a student's talent.
3.Extroverted - Marked by interest in and behavior directed toward others or the environment.
4.Unrestrained - Free of constraint; spontaneous and natural.
5.Dependable - consistent in performance or behavior.
6.Intimacy - very close in friendship or affection
7.Playful - Full of fun and high spirits; frolicsome or sportive.
8.Being Loved - a deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude.
9.Gentle - Considerate or kindly in disposition; amiable and tender.
10.Desirability - Worth having or seeking, as by being useful, advantageous, or pleasing.
Career Colour Test
Then I did another colour test which gives top career choices according to a test of 66 colour combinations, of which you prefer. What is interesting is these results were very close to the mark for me. The top two choices are spot on as I am fascinated with human social behaviour and with the second choice being English Language, here I am writing. The third choice is of interest as in my family there are a lot of lawyers, so when I was younger I considered following into law in some shape or form.
1. SOCIOLOGY - The study of human social behaviour
2. ENGLISH LANGUAGE
3. CRIMINAL JUSTICE / CRIMINOLOGY
From my experiments I believe the second personality test is more thorough. To take this test follow the instructions in the author box at the end of this article, it takes about 5 minutes to take and if nothing else it is a bit of fun. The career test is also available on the same site.
How To Take The Test For The Most Accurate Results
When taking these tests do not think at all, make the choices quickly and without letting thoughts get in the way. These colour choices are not to be thought of in terms of decoration or clothes, purely as to which one of the various sets of two colours you prefer at that moment in time.
Like any psychological test you will have your own reaction as to how true it feels for you, but as many of us don't have the time and/or inclination to reflect on our strengths and weaknesses, the test can be a good opportunity to remind us of some of these. When reminded we can build on strengths and in the case of the career choice we may feel more confident about decisions we need to make.
Another interesting fact about colours is that people who prefer certain colours are more likely to go into a deeper experience of hypnosis. This is connected with having a good imagination, in other words these are the people that others may refer to as colourful characters!
