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Personality Color Orange

While you may not exhibit all the character traits for a personality color orange as listed below, if orange is your favorite color you will find yourself somewhere in the description. You may also find you exhibit some of the negative traits, particularly when you are stressed. Having a personality color orange means you are warm, optimistic, extroverted and often flamboyant.You are friendly, good-natured and a generally agreeable person. You are assertive and determined rather than aggressive - having a personality color orange means you are more light-hearted and less intense than those who love red. You thrive on human social contact and social gatherings, bringing all types together. As a personality color orange you enjoy partying and socializing and planning all types of social events - orange people are the life of the party, the uninhibited performer! You are often the loud talker in a group. While you are charming and sociable you do tend to be a show-off. You get great satisfaction from helping others and they find you inspiring with your vitality and positive energy. You are tolerant and accepting of others just the way they are. You are a people person, motivated by what others may or may not think and always trying to keep up with the Jones'. You need people around you - being alone for too long makes you depressed and you then allow negativity to engulf you. You are a free spirit who doesn't like to be tied down - you are not always loyal in your relationships and find it difficult to commit. You live your life based on your 'gut reactions'. You are an adventurer - you love the outdoor life, camping, climbing mountains and indulging in adventurous sports such as sky diving and hang gliding. You are the daredevil, always looking towards your next challenge, your next great adventure. You enjoy being physically active, particularly in the outdoors, whether it's simply going for a walk, or competing in high level sporting competitions. You are full of life, always on the go, determined and competitive, always looking for new challenges - and this can lead to restlessness and impatience with others who do not have this need. Lovers of orange like to take risks in many areas of their life, particularly in the physical areas. They prefer to explore their outer world rather than their inner world. You may be lousy at housekeeping as it is not that important to you - you love having fun too much and don't like the mundane - a little dust on the mantelpiece is not that important to you. However you love to cook. You move on easily from life's setbacks. Patience is not one of your virtues and you can be quite forceful and domineering over others when under stress. You can be indecisive, inconsistent and unpredictable.

You may be an unkind practical joker. When operating from a negative perspective, a personality color orange can become aloof, egotistical, self-centered and uncaring. When feeling fearful, orange lovers feel it in their abdomen, as though it is tied in knots.

If you dislike orange:


You are not comfortable in large groups. You do not like partying and socializing. You are more comfortable with a small circle of friends. You don't like flamboyance and showing off. You may be holding yourself back socially. It can also indicate anger at having been treated cruelly at some stage in your life.

Personality Color Yellow


While you may not exhibit all the character traits of a personality color yellow, if yellow is your favorite color you will find yourself somewhere in the description. You may also find you exhibit some of the negative traits, particularly when you are stressed. With a personality color yellow you have a happy disposition and are cheerful and fun to be with. You are creative, often being the one who comes up with new ideas - an ideas person who needs others to bring the ideas into reality - you tend to have your head in the clouds much of the time. You can be very critical of yourself as well as others - a perfectionist. You analyze everything, all the time, and are methodical in your thinking. You are impulsive and make quick decisions, but often, out of anxiety, jump in too quickly and rush things rather than taking things at a steady pace. You have a strong independent streak in you, and are selective with your choice of friends, keeping a small group of close and like-minded friends rather than being involved in team events or large social gatherings. You use your mind to achieve you goals rather than your physical energy. You tend to hide your emotions, putting on a brave face in times of adversity. You are spontaneous - you are able to think quickly on your feet and make instant decisions. You have a modern outlook. New technology doesn't faze you.

You communicate well on a mental level with like-minded people, but can become bitter and sharp-tongued if crossed. You are good at networking and getting information out of others. Journalists often resonate with the color yellow. Although you find it easy to make money, you tend to spend it rapidly and unwisely. You can be stubborn but dislike pettiness and spitefulness of all kinds. You like to think you are intelligent and well educated, with knowledge about many topics. You are good at anything that involves the mind, rather than physical pursuits. Chess, crosswords, card games are yellow pursuits. You are a smart dresser and always dress to impress. You can be deceitful and stubborn if living from a negative perspective. You can also be arrogant, pretentious and snobbish.

If you dislike yellow:


You are practical and down to earth. You may not be able to cope with change at this point in your life. You prefer to keep your feet firmly planted on the ground and are skeptical of new ideas that haven't been proven. You like to think before you leap - you are not impulsive or spontaneous.

The Color Yellow

The color yellow is the color of the mind and the intellect

The color yellow relates to acquired knowledge. It is the color which resonates with the left or logic side of the brain stimulating our mental faculties and creating mental agility and perception. Being the lightest hue of the spectrum, the color psychology of yellow is uplifting and illuminating, offering hope, happiness, cheerfulness and fun. In the meaning of colors, yellow inspires original thought and inquisitiveness. Yellow is creative from a mental aspect, the color of new ideas, helping us to find new ways of doing things. It is the practical thinker, not the dreamer. Yellow is the best color to create enthusiasm for life and can awaken greater confidence and optimism. The color yellow loves a challenge, particularly a mental challenge. Within the meaning of colors, yellow is the great communicator and loves to talk. Yellow is the color of the networker and the journalist, all working and communicating on a mental level. Yellow is the scientist, constantly analyzing, looking at both sides before making a decision; methodical and decisive. Yellow is the entertainer, the comic, the clown. Yellow helps with decision making as it relates to clarity of thought and ideas, although it can often be impulsive. Yellow helps us focus, study and recall information, useful during exam time.

The color yellow can be anxiety producing as it is fast moving and can cause us to feel agitated. Yellow has a tendency to make you more mentally analytical and critical - this includes being self critical as well as critical of others. Yellow is non-emotional, coming from the head rather than the heart. Yellow depends on itself, preferring to not get emotionally involved. Yellow is related to the ego and our sense of self worth, to how we feel about ourselves and how we are perceived by others.

Yellow is the most highly visible of all colors which is why it is used for pedestrian crossings. Take note of the crossings which are marked in white - they are less easy to see than those marked yellow, particularly on wet and cloudy days. If you are going through a lot of change in your life you may find you can't tolerate the color yellow very well - this will usually pass. It just means that you are having trouble coping with all the changes at the moment and yellow vibrates too fast for you, making you feel stressed. Introduce green or a soft orange into your life for a while to balance and restore your energies. Many older people don't respond well to large amounts of yellow because it vibrates too fast for them.

Positive and Negative Traits


Positive keywords include: optimism, cheerfulness, enthusiasm, fun, goodhumored, confidence, originality, creativity, challenging, academic and analytical, wisdom and logic. Negative keywords include: being critical and judgmental, being overly analytical, being impatient and impulsive, being egotistical, pessimistic, an inferiority complex, spiteful, cowardly, deceitful, non-emotional and lacking compassion.

Yellow Represents:

Mind and intellect: From a color psychology perspective, yellow stimulates our
mental faculties; it activates the left or analytical brain. Happiness and fun: Yellow is uplifting to the spirits; yellow helps create enthusiasm for life and can awaken greater confidence and optimism. Communication of New Ideas: Yellow is related to the expression and integration of new ideas and thoughts.

Effects of Yellow:
Creative: The color of new ideas, yellow helps us find new ways of doing things.

Quick decisions: Yellow helps with clear thinking and quick decision-making but
it can also be impulsive.

Anxiety producing: Yellow is fast moving so too much time in its presence can
agitate and lead to nervousness and emotional instability. Critical: Yellow makes people more mentally analytical and self critical of both themselves and others. Non-emotional: Yellow relates to the head not the heart.

Light Clear Yellow: This color helps to clear the mind, making it open and alert. Lemon Yellow: Lemon yellow promotes self-reliance and a need for an orderly
life. This yellow increases our sensitivity to criticism. Citrine Yellow: Citrine is a superficial and fickle color. It encourages the serial relationship hopper, the teaser, with unstable emotions. This yellow can be deceitful and retreats from responsibility. Golden Yellow: This yellow is the color of the loner with an intense curiosity and interest in investigating the finer details of its interests. Golden yellow is sensitive to criticism. Cream: Cream, tinted with a hint of yellow, encourages new ideas. However, this very pale color can also indicate a lack of confidence and a need for reassurance. Dark Yellow: The darker shades of yellow indicate an inclination toward depression and melancholy, lack of love and low self-worth. Dark yellow relates to the constant complainer and the cynic.

Variations of the Color Yellow

The color of adventure and social communication The color orange radiates warmth and happiness, combining the physical energy and stimulation of red with the cheerfulness of yellow. Orange relates to 'gut reaction' or our gut instincts, as opposed to the physical reaction of red or the mental reaction of yellow. Orange offers emotional strength in difficult times. It helps us to bounce back from disappointments and despair, assisting in recovery from grief. The color psychology of orange is optimistic and uplifting, rejuvenating our spirit. In fact orange is so optimistic and uplifting that we should all find ways to use it in our everyday life, even if it is just an orange colored pen that we use. Orange brings spontaneity and a positive outlook on life and is a great color to use during tough economic times, keeping us motivated and helping us to look on the bright side of life. With its enthusiasm for life, the color orange relates to adventure and risk-taking, inspiring physical confidence, competition and independence. Those inspired by orange are always on the go! In relation to the meaning of colors, orange is extroverted and uninhibited, often encouraging exhibitionism or, at the very least, showing-off! The color orange relates to social communication, stimulating two way conversations. A warm and inviting color, it is both physically and mentally stimulating, so it gets people thinking and talking!

The Color Orange

At the same time, orange is also stimulating to the appetite. If you love having people around the kitchen table, orange will keep them talking and eating for a long time. Many restaurants use pastel versions of orange, such as apricot or peach or deeper versions such as terracotta, for their dcor as they are more subtle than red, yet still increase the appetite and promote conversation and social interaction, which in turn encourages patrons to have a good time and to eat and drink more. The color orange is obviously the worst color to have in the kitchen if you are trying to lose weight! Orange aids in the assimilation of new ideas and frees the spirit of its limitations, giving us the freedom to be ourselves. At the same time it encourages self-respect and respect of others. Orange is probably the most rejected and under-used color of our time. However, young people do respond well to it as it has a degree of youthful impulsiveness to it.

Positive and Negative Traits


Positive keywords include: sociable, optimistic, enthusiastic, cheerful, selfconfident, independent, flamboyant, extroverted and uninhibited, adventurous, the risk-taker, creative flair, warm-hearted, agreeable and informal. Negative keywords include: superficial and insincere, dependent, over-bearing, self-indulgent, the exhibitionist, pessimistic, inexpensive, unsociable, and overly proud.

Orange Represents
Adventure and risk taking: Orange promotes physical confidence and enthusiasm - sportsmen and adventure-seekers relate well to orange. Social communication and interaction: Orange stimulates two-way conversation between people - in a dining room when entertaining it stimulates conversation as well as appetite. Friendship: Group socializing, parties, the community - wherever people get together to have fun and socialize orange is a good choice. Divorce: The optimism of the color orange helps people move on - it is forward thinking and outward thinking.

Effects of Orange
Enthusiasm: Orange is optimistic and extroverted - the color of the uninhibited. Rejuvenation: Orange helps to restore balance to our physical energies. Stimulation: Orange is not as passionate or as excitable as red, but it is stimulating, particularly to the appetite - the worst color to have in the kitchen if you want to lose weight. Courage: Orange helps us to take account of our lives, to face the consequences, to take action and make appropriate changes, and then to move onward and upward. Vitality: Orange has a more balanced energy than red, not as passionate and aggressive, but full of vitality.

Variations of the Color Orange


Peach: Peach encourages great communication and conversation. It inspires good manners and puts people at ease. It has all the attributes of orange but in a much softer, gentler and more cautious form. Golden Orange: This version of orange encourages vitality and self-control. Amber: Amber helps to inspire greater confidence and better self esteem. It can promote a degree of arrogance. Burnt Orange: This color emits a negative vibration indicating pride, tension and aggressive self-assertion. Dark Orange: Dark orange indicates over-confidence and over-ambition. It tries too hard to prove its worth and to boost its self-esteem, but when it fails, which is often, it develops a chip on its shoulder. It is the color of the opportunist, taking selfish advantage of every situation.

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