Personality and Colour

Different personality types are believed to be influenced by different shades and tints of colours.

Some of us have externally motivated personalities and are strongly influenced by our perception of what other people think and feel. Whereas internally motivated personalities are more self-contained.
Each type can vary in the strength of the personality, either light or intense. This leads to four basic group types, each of whom relate favourably to a specific range of colour shades.

Which type are you?

Type one personality:
Externally motivated, light and outgoing, enthusiastic and eternally youthful. Preferred colours: Warm toned (mainly yellow based) colours that are light in intensity. Examples: sunshine yellow, peach, cream, also aquamarine, turquoise, lilac, light grey and sky blue.

Type two personality:
Internally motivated, light, sensitive, artistically gifted, elegant and sometimes shy. Preferred colours: Cool (blue based) and delicate. Examples: powder blue, rose pink, plum, sage green, lavender, taupe, navy and oyster.

Type three personality:
Externally motivated and a more intense character. Interested in people, love of philosophical debate, passionate and efficient. Preferred colours: Warm and rich, shades rather than primary colours. Examples: Burnt orange, flame, butter yellow, burgundy, forest green, teal blue, peacock and warm browns.

Type four personality:
Internally motivated, strong and intense. A born leader, self-assured and objective. An instinct for style, demands quality and hates clutter.Preferred colours: Cool and strong. Primary colours, extreme tints and shades and includes black and white. Examples: Crimson, shocking pink, lemon yellow, pistachio, midnight blue, royal purple, cyan and jade green.

(For a more in depth look at this subject there is a book 'The Beginner's guide to Colour Psychology' by Angela Wright, which will expand the ideas.)