The 8 Colors

8 Colors

Personality type: What are the 8 Colors?

There are 8 basic ways your mind works – these make up the 8 colors.

You use all 8 colors (everyone does!), but you prefer some colors over others. This affects your personality, interests, strengths and weaknesses.

RED - 8 Colors

Red

  • Freely interacting with the world
  • Experiencing what's happening using your five senses
  • Taking immediate physical action
  • Being drawn to the most exciting thing around you
ORANGE - 8 Colors

Orange

  • Seeing possibilities
  • Envisioning ways to improve what exists
  • Creating something new
  • Recognizing apparent patterns
YELLOW - 8 Colors

Yellow

  • Setting measurable goals
  • Making and enforcing plans, rules and boundaries
  • Giving directions
  • Applying rule-based logic and cause-effect thinking
LIME - 8 Colors

Lime

  • Playing the proper social role
  • Living according to culturally-shared values
  • Developing and maintaining relationships
  • Reinforcing harmony in your environment
JADE - 8 Colors

Jade

  • Verifying
  • Reliving the details and emotions of the past
  • Recognizing the natural order of things
  • Comparing what's happening now to previous experiences
BLUE - 8 Colors

Blue

  • Having vision
  • Synthesizing to recognize the central theme or significance
  • Reading between the lines
  • Seeing images and symbols that provide insight
VIOLET - 8 Colors

Violet

  • Discovering how things work
  • Arranging information into precise analytical categories
  • Defining the purpose
  • Applying principle-based logic and strategic thinking
PLUM - 8 Colors

Plum

  • Determining the importance
  • Comparing reality to an internal image of how things should be
  • Evaluating the worth
  • Striving to attain inner tranquility or peace