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Most companies use the four color personality test to determine how best to address each personality with the goal of creating a harmonious and productive environment. It is useful for an individual to be able to understand each color personality as well to better equipped in adapting to each personality type.

No, I'm not asking about your favorite color. After you a reach a certain age, you probably start to realize that not all of us were created equal. We each have our own nuances and personalities which sometimes make it easier for us to get along with some and have a difficult time with others. Some personalities clash and some get along with perfect ease. Most companies use a color personality test in order to better understand these personality differences and how to make it work for everyone.

Understanding the different personalities is important not just for big companies but for us as individuals as this will make it easier for us to learn how to better deal with colleagues and clients. You might say this could even be useful in understanding your partner when it comes to personal relationships. Understanding gives you a better perspective of a person and how best to react when faced with a stressful situation.

Experts have determined that there are four basic personality types. Yellow, Red, Blue and Green. And it doesn't have anything to do with a person's favorite color. As an individual, learning our color personality is also important. First, because it helps us to better understand ourselves and why we react to certain situations a certain way. Second, when we understand who we are, it allows us to open ourselves to at least try to understand others as well.

Want to learn what type of personality you have? You may take this simple color personality test. Once you have finished the test you may go back to check out what your color personality means by checking out the rest of this article. If you find that 2 or more colors returned the same result, that is perfectly normal as no one person is just one color. All of us have some bits of each color personality, although some colors may be more predominant than the rest.

The yellow personality is generally regarded as the sunniest personality. Often you will find them the life of the party. They are most of the time the loudest and most vocal of the four types of color personality. Some would regard them as the happy-go-lucky type who seem unable to take anything seriously. The yellow personality treats life as if it's one big, continuous party. If faced with a stressful situation, the yellow person would seek out friends and drink it out. Most yellow personalities fear rejection most.

1. Optimism

2. Enthusiasm

3. Makes good impressions

4. Verbally articulate

5. Likes to help others

6. Creates entertaining climate

1. Friendly warm environment

2. Freedom from control

3. Public recognition of ability

4. Opportunity to talk

5. Positive reinforcement

6. Enthusiastic response to ideas

1. Following through

2. Overestimating results

3. Misjudging capabilities

4. Talks too much

5. Acts impulsively

6. Jumps to conclusions

7. Over commits

8. Acts first, thinks second

1. Follow through on details

2. Focus on tasks

3. Logical approach

1. Time awareness

2. Objectivity in decision making

The red personality is generally considered the "dominating personality". These are the types of person who demands that things be done their way and right now. They sometimes have low tolerance for undisciplined and devil-may-care attitude which oftentimes put them at odds with the yellow personality. If faced with a stressful situation the red personality would generally seek out strenuous activities like running or boxing to vent out his or her frustrations. Most reds fear failure.

1. Getting immediate results

2. Making quick decisions

3. Persistence

4. Solving problems

5. Taking charge

6. Looking self-reliant

7. Accepting challenges

1. New varied activities

2. Opportunity to really get things done

3. Continual challenges, multi-tasker

4. Difficult assignments

5. Freedom to act from their instinct

6. Control over the situations

7. Direct answers from others, no innuendoes

1. Insensitivity towards others

2. Impatient

3. Overlook risks

4. Inflexibility, demanding of others

5. Talks too much

6. Inattentive to details at times

7. Resenting of restrictions

1. Attention to routine tasks

2. Caution

3. Focus on details and facts

1. Greater patience

2. Sensitivity to others' needs

3. Flexibility

The green personality is generally referred to as the calm personality. They don't easily get frazzled and are the epitome of calmness even in most stressful situations. To them also falls the role of mediator when faced with sticky situations. When stressed, the green's approach is to sleep it off. The green personality tries his/her best to maintain harmony in all types of situation. Because of the green's inability to say no, people oftentimes take advantage of them.

1. Supportive

2. Agreeable

3. Loyal

4. Self-control

5. Consistent

6. Good listener

7. Opportunity to develop personal relationships

1. Sincere appreciation by others

2. Minimal conflict between people

3. Security

4. Acknowledgement of work by others

5. Limited territory

6. Traditional procedures

7. Opportunity to develop personal relationships

1. Resist change

2. Trouble making deadlines

3. Overly lenient with people

4. Procrastinates

5. Indecisive

6. Holds grudges

7. Overly possessive

8. Lacks initiative

1. Push to try new challenges

2. Help in solving difficult problems

3. Initiative and accepting change

1. Facing confrontation and dealing with it

2. Moving at a faster pace and initiating

The blue personality type are seen as the perfectionists. They are the ones who would generally examine the smallest details of every situation and fret about each one of them. The blue personality oftentimes appear unemotional and doesn't want to be touched. The greatest fear of a blue person is to be criticized.

1. Orderliness

2. Conscientious

3. Disciplined

4. Precise

5. Thorough

6. Diplomatic with people

7. Analytical

1. Being able to concentrate on detail

2. Opportunities to critique

3. Stable surroundings and procedures

4. Exact job description, expectations

5. Opportunities for "careful" planning

6. Sufficient time to do things right

7. Opportunities for reassurance from authority

1. Indecisive (looking at all data)

2. Get bogged down in details

3. Rigid on the "how to's"

4. Avoids controversy

5. Low self esteem

6. Hesitant to try new things

7. Sensitive to criticism

8. Can be pessimistic

1. Quick decision making

2. Optimism

3. Help in persuading others

1. Be more open with their feelings

2. Be more optimistic