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Title: SELF ASSESSMENT | Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Skip on October 19, 2010, 03:21:43 PM
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One of the most popular personality tests is the True Colors Personality Test.  This personality test asks you to rate your likes and dislikes.  The test will then score your personality as either a blue, green, orange or gold personality type.  You may be a combination of two colors, but usually a member will exhibit one primary color.  

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People operate as one primary color for the most part, but high levels of stress and other environmental factors can shift your personality type for short intervals.  

Recognize your strong attributes and keep in mind the attributes that irritate people

Blue
Attentive, Warm, Kind, Spiritual, Patient,
Likable, poetic, genuine, devoted, caring,
Compassionate, personal, sensitive,
Artistic, romantic, accepting, idealistic,
Perceptive, gentle, emotional

Gold
Stable, responsible, consistent, organized,
Concerned, loyal, procedural, dependable,
Firm, thorough, punctual, conservative,
Structured, sensible, traditional, practical,
Cooperative, protective, goal-oriented,
Orderly

Orange
Active, adventurous, impulsive, fun-loving,
flashy, bold, optimistic,  tolerant, smooth,
energetic, skillful, open, competitive,
powerful, charming, generous, brave,
flexible, exciting, daring

Green
Curious, deep, independent, factual
complicated, Inventive, loner, clever,
egghead, fair, level headed, skeptical,
theoretical, expert, Non-conformist,
technical, scientific, distant, bookish

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Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: lifeisgoodx10 on October 19, 2010, 05:20:43 PM
Blue


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: havana on October 19, 2010, 05:21:12 PM
Green


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Mariposa on October 19, 2010, 05:46:05 PM
Blue :0)


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: T2H on October 19, 2010, 06:51:40 PM
I like blue best but I'm... .

13 Gold

10 Blue

8 Green

5 Orange

(my least fav color is last  )

Hey you blue folks - vote at the top too!  :)



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: angst on October 19, 2010, 07:03:08 PM
Great, the only one of the colors I can't see... .green. The irony!


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Empowered on October 19, 2010, 07:08:39 PM
Blue  :)


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Believe on October 19, 2010, 07:21:28 PM
Blue.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: targus2010 on October 19, 2010, 08:04:11 PM
Gold


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: O'Maria on October 19, 2010, 08:42:07 PM
Equally strong blue and green. Not much gold or orange.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: DeityorDevil on October 19, 2010, 09:13:55 PM
11 Green

9 Gold

8 Orange

8 Blue



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Crystal Ball on October 19, 2010, 10:34:08 PM
BLUE

2nd was equal Orange & Gold

Very little green


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Lydia on October 20, 2010, 02:40:29 AM
Blue


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: jenny50 on October 20, 2010, 03:00:07 AM
Blue


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Manon46 on October 20, 2010, 05:34:01 AM
Green... .hey T2... orange is the best :)


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: marcelle on October 20, 2010, 06:07:05 AM
Blue  :)


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: BillP on October 20, 2010, 06:50:26 AM
Congratulations! You are a primary green. You are an exceptionally creative problem solver who brings your ability to think outside the box to the workplace. Your complete color spectrum is shown above.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Skip on October 20, 2010, 07:37:15 AM
What frustrates you. 

What frustrates others about you.

True?


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Take the Test (20 questions) (http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp)




Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: DAS on October 20, 2010, 07:49:17 AM
Primary blue.



Bl

Gl

Gr

Or
10

9

9

8




Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: lifeisgoodx10 on October 20, 2010, 08:21:41 AM
You are type: Blue



Bl

Or

Gr

Gl
11

10

9

6


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Skip on October 20, 2010, 08:31:26 AM
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Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: O'Maria on October 20, 2010, 08:34:11 AM
Looks like many of us are BLUE, so we are too nice and understanding!


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: T2H on October 20, 2010, 08:39:28 AM
Intersting that most are blue and yet supposedly are frustrated by lying, etc. Wouldn't think you'd stay very long with a pwBPD then! 


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: DAS on October 20, 2010, 08:41:55 AM
blue

hmmm no black or white lol lol

  lol |iiii


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: DAS on October 20, 2010, 08:43:29 AM
Intersting that most are blue and yet supposedly are frustrated by lying, etc. Wouldn't think you'd stay very long with a pwBPD then! 

The answer for that is on the otherside - avoiding conflict and supressing problems.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: O'Maria on October 20, 2010, 08:47:53 AM
Yes, avoiding conflict, having too much patience, trying to restore peace in the house... .I was raised to be sophisticated and polite. Guess my mom didn't know I am going to meet a Cluster B partner.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Skip on October 20, 2010, 09:09:36 AM
The History of True Colors

In 1978, founder Don Lowry, became interested in the work of clinical psychologist David Keirsey. Keirsey, author of the best-selling self-help book Please Understand Me, studied the work of psychologists Carl Jung, Katherine Briggs and Isabel Myers who theorized that all people fit into one of four broad categories of personality.

Lowry set about to expand upon Keirsey’s four temperament types and simplify personality and learning theory. Lowry’s first guidebook, The Keys To Personal Success, was published in 1979.

A distinguishing quality of the True Colors Programs is the artful blending of education and entertainment, into “fun training” programs that combine audience interaction with insightful materials that inform and delight participants because they are easy to understand, to apply on a daily basis and to retain over a lifetime.



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: JDoe on October 20, 2010, 09:28:40 AM
I'm soo blue.  Not surprised.  Cool thread!


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Totoro13 on October 20, 2010, 09:38:54 AM
Blue - 12

Green - 9

Orange - 9

Yellow - 6

Interesting, it is much different then when I took a longer test years ago at one of my jobs.  I came out green/Blue, just slightly more green then Blue.  My orange was very low back then :)


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Shane Preston on October 20, 2010, 09:54:32 AM
Gold 11

Blue 10

Green 9

Orange 7


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Penguinectomy on October 20, 2010, 09:58:41 AM
Green 12

Orange 10

Gold 7

Blue 7

It's not inconsistent with how I see myself, and much more complimentary than "impulsive loner", lol.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: DreamGirl on October 20, 2010, 10:02:47 AM
I'm blue too... . 

The "Legend of Frustration" is spot on for how I am frustrated... .and how I frustrate.  xoxo


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: snowrose on October 20, 2010, 01:07:30 PM
LOL! It calls me blue but it's almost evenly divided.  I'm 12 blue, 11 gold, and 10 green - but only 3 orange.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Steph on October 20, 2010, 02:09:11 PM
 Blue 16

Gold 9

Orange 6

Green 5


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: angst on October 20, 2010, 03:57:44 PM
Green 13, orange 10, blue 9, and gold 3... .Kinda evenly bunched there, which merely means there's THAT many more things that frustrate me!


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Feverish on October 20, 2010, 04:24:36 PM
Green


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: schwing on October 20, 2010, 05:46:04 PM
Blue 14

Green 11

Gold 7

Orange 4


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: InJourneyThroughOz on October 20, 2010, 05:55:39 PM
green 12

blue 11

orange 7

gold 6




Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: PotentiallyKevin on October 20, 2010, 05:58:20 PM
14 Orange

11  Blue

11 Green

0 Gold


LoL... .ZERO gold... .

My myers-briggs personality type is ENFP- seems pretty consistent to the description of the color types.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Aurylian on October 20, 2010, 06:09:38 PM
Green 12

Blue   11

Red     9

Gold    5

Green/Blue like my eyes.   *)



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Skip on October 20, 2010, 06:11:18 PM
(https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/images/mb/blue-gold1.gif)

Take the Test (20 questions) (http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp)


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: PDQuick on October 20, 2010, 06:34:36 PM
Straight out of a George Strait song: Am I blue? Yes Im blue.

13 Blue

11 Green

8 Orange

4 Gold

And the frustrations are all valid.



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: iluminati on October 20, 2010, 06:37:14 PM
12

Gr

   

11

Gl

   

10

Or

   

3

Bl

And it's funny you mention Myers-Briggs, because I'm between INTP and INTJ on that scale.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Sharonon on October 20, 2010, 07:28:42 PM
I am mixed. Blue by only 1

Bl 12


Or  11


Gr  8


Gl  5

Reminds me of how using the Myers Briggs Test can help us see our & others' strengths & weaknesses & why we can rub each other up the wrong way, includinbg on the boards here, perish the thought  .

I think my husband is very gold, plus green. Interesting to compare. Can see the clash.



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: growndaughter on October 20, 2010, 07:45:05 PM
Type: Gold

Gold 11

Blue 10

Green 9

Orange 6


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: turtle on October 20, 2010, 07:47:44 PM
Gold 13

Blue 12

Green 7

Orange 4

This is very accurate of how I perceive myself.

Turtle



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: CalicoSilver on October 20, 2010, 09:12:13 PM
Green      11

Blue        10

Orange     9

Gold        7




Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: snowrose on October 20, 2010, 10:06:17 PM
(https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/images/mb/blue-gold3.gif)

Take the Test (20 questions) (http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp)

Skip, which is the orange and which is the gold in this pie?  I'm seeing an orange/yellow at 2% and a red at 30%.  So, is the red the orange or is the red the gold?  TIA


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: innerspirit on October 20, 2010, 11:59:27 PM
Green

with red shoelaces.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Phoenixrzng on October 21, 2010, 01:17:12 AM
14

Bl

   

12

Gr

   

7

Gl

   

3

Or


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Waiting to Exhale on October 21, 2010, 06:40:21 AM
Primary blue, secondary green. Actually they're both close, one's 13 and the other is 12.  Orange is 6 and Gold is 5.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: mornstar on October 21, 2010, 09:02:01 AM
Question: I'm overwhelmingly green - is there anything relating that to schizoid personality disorder?



Green

Curious, deep, independent, factual

complicated, Inventive, loner, clever,

egghead, fair, level headed, skeptical,

theoretical, expert, Non-conformist,

technical, scientific, distant, bookish

I took another personality test a while back that suggested I have covert schizoid tendencies, i.e. being overly independent, a loner, bookish, showing emotion as far as what I think other people expect from me... .The question that got me most on the quiz posted here was something about when you meet up with friends do you prefer a handshake or a hug -- there was no option to pick neither! I have an appointment tomorrow with my counselor, I'll have to remember to ask him about this. Interesting stuff!



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: turtle on October 21, 2010, 09:22:20 AM
The question that got me most on the quiz posted here was something about when you meet up with friends do you prefer a handshake or a hug -- there was no option to pick neither!

The question that got me was: "In a romantic relationship I look for (a) a soul mate or (b) a potential spouse."

A) Not looking for a romantic relationship and don't see myself ever looking for that.

B) IMO, the term soul mate should be banned from being used, so I'm definitely not looking for whatever a "soul mate" is supposed to be.

C) I'm not looking for a potential spouse.  Been there, done that - no need to repeat.

Amazing how one little question can be so annoying -- lol.

Turtle



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: DreamGirl on October 21, 2010, 09:45:35 AM
I liked the question:

Are you (a) analyzing this test or (b) going with your feelings?

There's a saying that is something along the lines of "first thought is your best thought" to refer to that first moment of fresh perception... .before judgement, personal interpretation, opinions, doubt... .all our hopes and fears take over.

I think we, as humans, pychoanalyze far too much lending us to be so full of pessimissm and judgement when we've been hurt the way we have.

I'm a blue... .is that part of my frustrating frustration?  :)


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: turtle on October 21, 2010, 09:49:38 AM
I think we, as humans, pychoanalyze far too much lending us to be so full of pessimissm and judgement when we've been hurt the way we have.

So very true, DG!



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Pixie-Dust on October 21, 2010, 12:52:48 PM
I took it twice because there were a couple of questions I could go either way on.

I was GOLD, then Blue, then Green, then Orange on the first test.

Second Test was: BLUE-11

                        Gold-10

                        Green-10

                        Orange-5



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: blackandwhite on October 21, 2010, 07:13:54 PM
Green, with green and blue nearly equal.  :)

Green 14

Blue 13

Gold 6

Orange 3

B&W

P.S. DreamGirl, I laughed at the "are you analyzing this test" question, because of course, I was.  :)


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: ex_bf_worried on October 22, 2010, 05:11:17 AM
gold


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Kovod on October 22, 2010, 05:48:40 AM
Gold


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Gravityworks on October 22, 2010, 04:17:27 PM
Blue


Title: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Skip on October 22, 2010, 04:17:50 PM
What frustrates you. 

What frustrates others about you.

True?


(https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/images/mb/blue-gold2.gif)

Take the Test (20 questions) (http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp)




Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: CalicoSilver on October 22, 2010, 04:20:55 PM
Obscured by the sea of blue - maybe?  :)


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Benny on October 22, 2010, 04:23:40 PM
Blue


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: DreamGirl on October 22, 2010, 04:27:29 PM
Looks like I am still the sole orange... .

Where my peeps at?

I think originality is much cooler anyways... .  |iiii


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: kj1234 on October 22, 2010, 04:56:23 PM
Green 12

Blue 11

Orange 8

Gold 6

Yes, some of the green and blue things in the "frustration list" are true, I think.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: an0ught on October 22, 2010, 05:19:23 PM
Green: 11

Gold: 10

Orange: 8

Blue: 7

Pretty accurate on getting the high level outside picture. Except my problems with others seem to be more stemming from typical blue weaknesses. Maybe I manage my main weaknesses and those are in my blind spot?


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: survivorof2 on October 22, 2010, 05:39:32 PM
Green  13

Blue     12

Gold     9

Orange 2

Interesting test. Bookish: yes. I read through about 5 fiction books a week and am reading through 2-3 nonfictions, while analyzing them and taking notes! :)


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Mousse on October 22, 2010, 07:30:31 PM
14

8

8

6


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: goldstar on October 22, 2010, 09:08:40 PM
Blue

one less is Green


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: PotentiallyKevin on October 22, 2010, 09:22:40 PM
Looks like I am still the sole orange... .

Where my peeps at?

Not only am I the only orange, but most of you are scoring really low on orange... .I feel isolated  :'(  :'(  :'(


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Sharonon on October 22, 2010, 11:25:29 PM
Lol. You are in a bowl of blue.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: T2H on October 23, 2010, 01:33:49 AM
Lol. You are in a bowl of blue.

With gold highlights?

Sorry M - I was feeling a bit like I didn't fit in either until several more 'golden children' piped up.  *)

Just means you're extra specially unique.  :)



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Fathom on October 23, 2010, 05:36:21 AM
Blue.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: scalded on October 23, 2010, 01:50:10 PM
I am green. What I find interesting is that most of us are blue or green which is intuitive on the myers briggs.  Yellow and orange are sensors on the meyers briggs. Sensors I think i recall take things factually-e.g. my BPD lies and cheats. Maybe that's why they're less likely to be involved with BPDs, they see what they do factually and say forget this hit_. Whereas intuitives look more for the potential rather than what actually exisits. Can someone more familiar with myers briggs comment on this?


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Mousse on October 24, 2010, 07:41:54 AM
I'd just like to note that if I had taken this test a couple of years ago, my colors would probably have been a little more evenly distributed.  I know I would have answered many questions differently (I definitely would have answered "yes" to the question about analyzing the questions!).  I would probably have had a lot more gold and orange, and a little more green.  Today, I am heavily skewed to the blue.

That's not a good or bad thing - just an interesting observation of how your personality/outlook/behaviors can change over the years and with different experiences.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: NIO on October 24, 2010, 08:08:42 AM
Blue 


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Matt on October 24, 2010, 08:32:03 AM
Green.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: marlo6277 on October 24, 2010, 02:00:23 PM
I'm a gold.  :)

And the frustrations are accurate. 


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: marlo6277 on October 24, 2010, 02:06:22 PM
(https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/images/mb/blue-gold1.gif)

Take the Test (20 questions) (http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp)

What's also interesting is I tested ESTJ on the Myers-Briggs several years ago... .and there it is in the Gold section!  I was close to ENTJ on the Myers-Briggs and today when I did the test I was definitely more gold, but Green was a close 2nd for me (I can't remember but by maybe 2 pts).

So far it seems to be fairly accurate.  |iiii


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Gravityworks on October 24, 2010, 05:13:05 PM
Hmmm, very interesting. I took this again and got a pretty different result:

Or - 11

Gr - 10

Bl - 9

Gl - 6

I think I will take this again in a couple days and see what I get.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Herestoyourhealth on October 24, 2010, 09:24:58 PM
You are type: Green

15 Gr

11 Bl

7 Gl

3 Or

Green and matched with ENTJ on Meyers-Briggs.  Interesting.




Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: picturelady on October 24, 2010, 09:43:24 PM
SOO blue... .but then I already knew that!  (Had to take a very similar test a couple of years ago... .)

17 Blue

11 Green

5 Gold

3 Orange

PictureLady


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: C12P21 on October 25, 2010, 01:25:39 AM
Green:11

Blue:10

Gold:10

Orange:5


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Jaybird on October 25, 2010, 01:51:59 PM
Gold, ISTJ


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: 1q2w3e on October 25, 2010, 03:17:36 PM
Gold


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: samsara on October 25, 2010, 03:55:58 PM
Green and boy oh boy does that make sense.

(the green "quirks that annoy others" is dead on)


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Matt on October 25, 2010, 04:01:18 PM
I didn't see the "quirks that annoy others" part.  Where is that?

Thanks!

Matt


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: samsara on October 25, 2010, 04:18:55 PM
Reposted from earlier in the thread - I found this to be very telling.

Edit:  having a hard time posting Skip's original image so I'll just post a link to it.  Look back on page 1 - Skip's post.

https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/images/mb/blue-gold2.gif

(https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/images/mb/blue-gold2.gif)


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Matt on October 25, 2010, 04:34:45 PM
Reposted from earlier in the thread - I found this to be very telling.

Edit:  having a hard time posting Skip's original image so I'll just post a link to it.  Look back on page 1 - Skip's post.

https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/images/mb/blue-gold2.gif

(https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/images/mb/blue-gold2.gif)

Thanks.  These newfangled computers and that whole Interweb deal... .


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: confused!!! on October 25, 2010, 06:02:58 PM
13 = Bl

10 = Gr

8 = Gl

5 = Or

took it twice, seems I'm A True Blue!

Interesting that the majority of us are either blue or green.

Fun thread!


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Sharonon on October 25, 2010, 06:35:06 PM
I get it about why I frustrate certain others too. At

Blue 12

Orange 11

Green  8

Gold 1

I am bound to frustrate my husband & who I am sure is a very strong gold - especially as he is a strong gold (that's him to a t).

Similarly we have a clash as he (on the Myers Briggs) is strongly ISFJ whereas I am I/E,  N (strong),  T/F,   P(strong).


In some ways our strengths complement the other, but he wants me to be like him & is BIG on criticism.etc. This really affected my confidence (because of my qualities?) but I have been working on it. Eg, I bought a book called "I'm not Crazy, I'm just not you" * propped it up near his much loved TV - put a copy of the cover in a frame for me.

Am not wanting to go into my "stuff" on this topic. Just thought it is very interesting to look at the implications of these test results.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: PotentiallyKevin on October 26, 2010, 09:18:44 PM
Wahoo! Finally someone that is Orangish! (I am also very blue and green)

Oranges UNITE! Down with structure and tedious paperwork!

I am also an ENFP. My N and E are off the charts.  

By the way! I resent that chart calling me undisciplined... .my eccentricity and randomness is a form of discipline you know!


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: qcarolr on October 27, 2010, 11:06:58 PM
I am gold with strong blue and green and almost no orange. qcr


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: skyeblue on November 13, 2010, 02:11:19 AM
 

14 Blue

12 Green

  6 Orange

  4 Gold


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: neverenz on November 15, 2010, 05:31:54 AM
BLUE BLUE BLUE !

Love it  :)


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: runninggal81 on November 15, 2010, 02:03:02 PM
Wow, a plurality of us are Blues... .coincidence? 


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: sandyb on January 03, 2011, 10:12:21 AM



Primary Orange.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Jbird on January 03, 2011, 11:01:31 PM
hmmm fun thread:

I am : Blue 13

         Gold 12

         Green 6

         orange 5

I love how my dominate blue and gold clash with the order and organized part. That is so much the battle that happens inside my head on a daily basis. My lack of organization and planning and how everyday my head and heart fight to figure out how to gain that peace that comes from being organized and planned.   And the funny thing is a married a dominant orange green... .almost the exact flipped numbers as me. Silly silly!


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: RealEyes on January 04, 2011, 10:31:14 PM
I was offended by being asked to take this test at work but i took it anyway and came up Green, oh well, i'm with The Green Party, so if the leaf covers then i'll wear it well 

Most came up Blue

Hi! i accidentally picked Blue in the poll, oops!


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: 1stof4 on January 20, 2011, 06:21:04 PM
Blue 15


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Ximene on January 21, 2011, 12:49:46 PM
Blue + Green... .

wow... what a surprise lol


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: sadwife37 on January 21, 2011, 03:31:24 PM
I'm Gold

My hBPD is Orange.   I had him take the test but didn't tell him where I got the test from.    :)


Talk about Hurricane meets a Tornado... .yes we clash all the time


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: sadwife37 on January 21, 2011, 03:37:28 PM
Oh sorry

Gold  13

Green  11

Blue  10

Orange  1


Nope not orange at all


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: qcarolr on January 21, 2011, 04:28:45 PM
Gold, Blue-Green, very little orange.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: lbjnltx on January 21, 2011, 05:04:34 PM
green... .yep... .that's me... .except the "living in the future" part and the

"being wordy" part... .

i don't think that applies to me... .everything else does though!

lbjnltx


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Pixie-Dust on January 22, 2011, 11:18:37 AM
Excerpt
My hBPD is Orange. I had him take the test but didn't tell him where I got the test from.

-Very sneaky! |iiii


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: PotentiallyKevin on January 22, 2011, 02:27:45 PM
What is wrong with orange? Not my fault the rest of you are so... .boring. 


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: ItsAboutTime on January 22, 2011, 05:49:09 PM
You are type: Blue

Blue 15

Gr 8

Or 7

Gl 6

   



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Upnorth on January 23, 2011, 03:24:30 AM
What frustrates you. 

What frustrates others about you.

True?

Blue, and almost as strong green, with orange on third place.

All the frustrations seemed very accurate as well. I certainly is a mix of blue and green, with a dash orange.



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: runner mom on January 25, 2011, 01:07:45 PM
Green with blue one point below... .

I laughed at the annoying trait of being too wordy-- I am pretty sure every one of you on here already had that one figured out with me!



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Haeron on February 23, 2011, 12:52:37 PM


Blue

14 Blue

11 Green

10 Gold

1 Orange


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: MoonWolf on February 23, 2011, 02:12:46 PM


Blue 14

Green 12

   

Gold 5

   

Orange 5



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Suzn on February 24, 2011, 06:18:06 PM
blue


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: CaptainM on February 24, 2011, 06:44:34 PM
Green: 12

Blue: 11

Orange: 7

Gold: 6

So many Blue/Greens here?


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Im done on February 24, 2011, 08:55:51 PM
[

The question that got me was: "In a romantic relationship I look for (a) a soul mate or (b) a potential spouse."

A) Not looking for a romantic relationship and don't see myself ever looking for that.

B) IMO, the term soul mate should be banned from being used, so I'm definitely not looking for whatever a "soul mate" is supposed to be.

C) I'm not looking for a potential spouse.  Been there, done that - no need to repeat.

Amazing how one little question can be so annoying -- lol.

Turtle

I felt the same way about that question!



I am... .

Blue  13

Gold  9

Green  8

Orange  6


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Overcomingbpd on March 07, 2011, 12:09:44 AM
blue here second color green


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Evan on March 07, 2011, 04:45:44 AM
Blue blue blue lol

Interesting


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: walkingsoftly on March 07, 2011, 08:51:53 AM
Blue 17

Green 8

Orange 8

Gold 3

Very interesting!


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: canucky on March 10, 2011, 05:04:36 AM
I was Orange with a large green in second


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: scotlandthebrave on March 10, 2011, 07:42:23 AM
gold and guess what all the things that frustrate golds describes my exBPD to a tee  lol



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: MindfulJavaJoe on March 10, 2011, 08:30:44 AM
I'm Blue.

Is this why my BPDw chose me?



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Samuel S. on September 03, 2011, 11:18:05 PM
I tested to be blue.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: bluecup11 on September 04, 2011, 04:11:19 PM
Hmmm I'm blue, but I feel more green and would rather be orange... .


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Sir5r on September 04, 2011, 05:23:20 PM
Very Green


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: CinnamonRadio on September 10, 2011, 09:00:59 PM
14 Blue 10 Green :)

Yay!  I like Blue.  Blue sounds nice.  The list that was posted earlier by Skip is very descriptive of me. 

It can't be a coincidence that so many of us who have Borderlines in our lives are blues... .I wonder why that is.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: on the mend on September 19, 2011, 10:18:47 PM
Blue 13

Green 11

So many blues!


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: diotima on September 19, 2011, 11:59:50 PM
I started taking this test and couldn't get very far because for most of them I am both of the answers and neither answer was more prominent than the other. The test would not have represented who I am. ditto for the co-dependency test. Not all tests here are like that but this one most definitely is--no either/or for me! lol

Diotima


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Beach_Babe on September 20, 2011, 02:54:37 AM
Equal green/blue  followed by gold, little orange


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: BattleBornMom on September 20, 2011, 06:52:25 PM
Overwhelmingly Green -- which, according to descriptions posted subsequently, describes me spot on. Right down to the "Agnostic" label. I tend to see the complexity and "unknowable" aspects of just about everything, from religion to psychology.

And the Frustration Chart -- oh boy! Exactly what drives me totally bonkers in other people and exactly what other people "accuse" me of being.

The other three colors were pretty evenly split between them. However, Green was almost double their total.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: BMama on September 21, 2011, 04:31:29 PM
Gold 13

Green 9

Blue 8

Orange 6

I'd say gold is right on... .GOLD - You are a planner

You're a reliable organizer who can be counted on to implement other people’s ideas and get the job done. Your complete color spectrum is shown above.

You are conventional. You are the pillar of strength and have high respect for authority. You like to establish and maintain policies, procedures, and schedules. You have a strong sense of right and wrong. You are naturally parental and dutiful.

You are good at  things that require organization, dependability, management, and detail. You need to be useful and to belong. You are the sensible, stable backbone of any group. You believe that work comes before play.

I got a plaque when I left military service... .the words organizational skills appear on it.  What's that tell you?  The naturally parental part, seems like a great thing, but how it happened, and how it plays out with others isn't always positive.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: argyle on September 21, 2011, 07:24:45 PM
Green, followed closely by gold, not so closely by orange, and blue was pretty low.

I'm seeing 2 spikes here.  The big one is for blue - I'm guessing that's people who care too much and stay with BPDs.  The other is a green/xxx mix. Maybe people who aren't present-focused and stay with BPDs?

Oh meh.  I think the real spike is... .no oranges.

--Argyle


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: pspap on September 21, 2011, 08:13:26 PM
Blue

Bl : 15

Gr: 12

Gl:  6

Or: 3


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Undertowed on September 22, 2011, 12:09:14 AM
Your Primary Color: Blue   |iiii

13

Bl

   

10

Gr

   

8

Or

   

5

Gl

BLUE - You are a Helper

Congratulations, you are a primary Blue. Your communication style creates peace and harmony in the workplace.  As a Blue personality you are gifted with tremendous people skills. Your complete color spectrum is shown above.

You have a strong need to make a difference in the lives of other people. This strength is immediately noticeable in the way you make heart felt connections and bring out the best in those you encounter. People usually feel relaxed and comfortable in your presence.

You love to build self-esteem and make others feel good about who they are. You can easily motivate and inspire people to make changes in their lives and reach their potential. This natural talent makes you excel as a counselor, teacher, social worker and journalist, but the list is far greater in the books.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: BattleBornMom on September 22, 2011, 02:13:57 PM
Argyle, I thin kyou are onto something.

"Orange

Active, adventurous, impulsive, fun-loving,

flashy, bold, optimistic,  tolerant, smooth,

energetic, skillful, open, competitive,

powerful, charming, generous, brave,

flexible, exciting, daring"

I have this in me, but it is by no means my dominant personality type. What is there was inspired by my adventurous non-Dad and is concentrated in areas of adventurous sports (enjoying the wilderness, snowboarding, speed sailboating, windsurfing, etc).

But, really, how could any of us be predominantly "flashy, bold, optimistic, daring, impulsive, or open" after what we have experienced. My uBPDm crushed any spark of that in me as a child. Those traits were punished.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Jen48 on September 22, 2011, 02:32:53 PM
Have you noted 75 percent of us responding to the poll so far are "Blue"  :light:


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Jen48 on September 22, 2011, 02:41:16 PM
(https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/images/mb/blue-gold3.gif)

Take the Test (20 questions) (http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp)

Skip, which is the orange and which is the gold in this pie?  I'm seeing an orange/yellow at 2% and a red at 30%.  So, is the red the orange or is the red the gold?  TIA

Interesting that the majority of us who took the poll are blue.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Jen48 on September 22, 2011, 02:44:41 PM
Hmmm I'm blue, but I feel more green and would rather be orange... .

I agree, here I am in blue again, but I might want to be orange today, and green tomorrow, but then again I wear a lot of black these days (oh, it's not on the chart!). And Gold is not my color.

:)



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Major_Dad on September 22, 2011, 08:30:51 PM
11 Blue

10 Green

9 Gold

6 Orange


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Jen48 on September 23, 2011, 03:09:48 PM
What frustrates you. 

What frustrates others about you.

True?

I'm blue. Everything on the list. Everything that H. was.

As for me, I am too overly generous when it comes to what H. wants. Guilty as charged on suppressing problems

- or at least, I used to.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Jen48 on September 23, 2011, 03:19:38 PM
What frustrates you. 

What frustrates others about you.

True?

I'm blue. Everything on the list. Everything that H. was.

As for me, I am too overly generous when it comes to what H. wants. Guilty as charged on suppressing problems

- or at least, I used to.

Modification - H. does not agree to divorce; it is "I" he says who abandoned him because I left due to his violent behavior, and I should come home and work "these things" out. I am not graciously or generously taking care of his needs anymore over mine. And, living with him at this point would destroy me as much as he says living a part is destroying him.

Personal rejection is frustrating him but also me. His personal rejection of my need for boundaries --  to give me the space I need, or to always, always cross boundaries red-flag is pushing me further away -



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: OTH on September 23, 2011, 05:31:36 PM
Green. Go figure.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: argyle on September 23, 2011, 05:35:04 PM
Oh yah... .

Green: 12

Gold: 10

Orange: 8

Blue: 5

(If memory serves) If I'm ever bored,  I'll try to do some sort of histogram - I'm wondering about cross-correlation.

Kind of cool... .blues and greens are overrepresented by about 3x compared to the general population, oranges are underrepresented by ~10x, and golds are underrepresented by roughly 2x.  So, the predisposition for blues and greens to be in troublesome BPD relationship is quite high and oranges either steer clear or deal with them more easily?

I'm actually inclined towards, to some extent, to the the deal with more easily option.  At least, I've noticed that BPDw is less problematic around aggressive, dominant people.

--Argyle


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: qcarolr on September 25, 2011, 12:15:01 AM
Gold - 15, Green - 10, Blue -10, Orange -1

The gold description does describe how I see myself very clearly.

qcr


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: jardin on September 25, 2011, 03:13:06 AM
13 Blue, 11 Green, 7 Gold, 5 Orange


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: methinkso on September 25, 2011, 11:11:06 PM
Blue


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: diotima on September 29, 2011, 08:05:43 PM
Well, I was green but blue was close. I don't like either/or tests but decided to take this anyway. I would have appreciated some middle categories because I don't think (hey, I am green!) this has enough intellectual nuance.

Green: 14

Blue: 12

Gold: 6

Orange: 4 (I am sure my ex would have a high orange and green score).

Diotima


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: MarieLauren on November 09, 2011, 02:10:31 AM
Blue.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: hangintherebaby on November 09, 2011, 03:12:04 AM
I am kind of relieved to know that I am:

Blue.

I find this interesting, because my xpwBPDbf tried to make me think that I was someone who had no compassion for his feelings... .I feel like that's all the relationship was about, his feelings! Mine were of no matter.

Blue:

compassionate,

idealistic,

affectionate,

empathetic, caring,

nurturing, a

communicator &

valuing feeling

I flourish with

encouragement

rather than

competition

I seek harmony,

warmth & romance

As a child:

I was imaginative &

creative

I scored:

15 blue

8 orange

7 gold

6 green

I revealed my full scoring for the powers that be on this site. In an effort to aid them with their monitoring of me and to help them figure me out ;o)... .



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: ViciousCycle on November 09, 2011, 11:01:54 AM
Green

Didn't even have to take the test to figure that one out, but I did anyways  :) I'm an extremely deep thinker, I can analyze things that involve psychology to the core (Not only has learning about BPD been helpful to my situation, but I'm actually really really interested in this stuff). Agnostic, yep, I tend to be open to all beliefs but look at religion as a "who knows?" kind of thing. Whoever posted about Green's and Blue's looking for the potential in someone rather than the truth of behavior, that's definitely me. I looked past way too many red flags to count with my uBPDx, because I saw so much potential in her to be a good and happy person. I still do, I don't look at her as evil, I look at her as a sick person that may never realize her own potential.

I'm very good at getting people to open up and motivating them to become better people, to guide them in the right direction and let them take the reins from there. I guess that characteristic is what lead to the parent/child dynamic of my relationship with my uBPDx, this is something I've worked on and have improved on controlling a lot. Interesting test to say the least.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: whitedoe on November 09, 2011, 04:41:24 PM
BLUE- 16

Green- 14

Gold- 5

Orange- 1

Very interesting!


WhiteDoe


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: OBcean on December 21, 2011, 11:47:09 AM
Hey, Skippy.  I stopped trying to complete this test.  I understand the reasoning of "forced choices."  One of my favorite personality tools, the Enneagram, uses the same technique.  But there were simply too many instances on this test where my answers would be equally A and B.  So, choosing one or the other would not result in a true picture of me. 

My claim of equal A and B answers has been validated in other tests.  For example, my dosha balanace is even Vata-Pitta-Kapha.  I checked with an Ayurvedic physician, and this is not only possible, but I'm one of them! 

I am neither right-, nor left-brained.  I am both-brained. 

I am an ENFP, but there are times at parties, when I am happiest to be sitting in a quiet corner, having an intense, usually philosophical, conversation.  Go figure. 

I have often wished for "everything" to be as easily defined as Blue, Green, etc.  But alas!  In my experience it's not.  (That's why finding the detail about BPD behaviors and their thinking processes has been such a Godsend for me. 


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: WiseMind on December 27, 2011, 08:06:34 PM
I felt the same way on many of the questions, OBcean. But I completed it and find that I am Blue and Green.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: momtario on March 13, 2012, 07:50:57 PM
Blue    16    :)

Green   8

Gold     8

Orange 4



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: mscj on March 14, 2012, 01:59:16 AM
Blue 14

Green 13

Gold 5

Yellow 4

Oh how absolutely dull to be just like everyone else!   :) 

But really, I had the same frustration in many of the questions where I felt I was equally both. 

And I am an ENFP. 

Well there you have it.  Me in a nutshell.



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: loti on March 26, 2012, 12:17:53 AM
Blue


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Simpleone on March 28, 2012, 05:12:59 PM
B= 15

Y= 8

O= 8

G= 5


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: JimNelson89 on March 28, 2012, 10:21:57 PM
Blue then green.

Noticed that most of us here are blue followed by green which is different than rest of the population.  Is this what makes us codependents?


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: tcevans78 on June 05, 2012, 09:44:17 PM
So Blue.  Surprised I'm not orange, though. I like the post about 'things that frustrate blues, things blues do to frustrate others'.  Very true.  

Has anyone purchased the materials suggested to learn more?  

And I'm blue followed by green. 


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: momontherun on January 27, 2013, 11:26:54 PM
Interesting... .  

Green 11

Gold 10

Orange 9

Blue 6



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: waitaminute on January 28, 2013, 10:19:28 AM
So unfocused I couldn't take the test. Probably green.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Wimowe on January 28, 2013, 08:25:50 PM
blue


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: yeeter on March 06, 2013, 02:46:23 PM
Just be advised, that this site REQUIRES cookies on when a quiz is taken.  This may release personally identifiable information which could result in you being added to marketing mailing listings.

(Im not expert in how this works, but its maddening to try to keep personal info confidential these days and having flyers arrive at my house on how to manage 'high conflict relationships' is not helping the conflict one bit.  Ironic isnt it.



Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: daze on March 08, 2013, 07:48:12 AM
Blue and green are highest.


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Iced on March 09, 2013, 12:55:19 AM
When I clicked the link, I didn't get a 'colors' quiz.  Or rather, the results didn't give me any colors.

I'm confused.  I'm apparently a 'Thinker', so I don't think this is the right quiz.   


Title: Re: Poll: Are you blue, green, gold, or orange?
Post by: Leaf on July 04, 2013, 07:09:00 AM
As Iced noticed, the link on page 1 now leads to a different quiz where you have to give an email address to view results.

The original test is now located here but has a $35.00 charge.

https://truecolorsintl.com/

This video is funny... .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MBPtSFRm4E