Another book I really liked that describes personalities is Life Colors by Pamala Oslie. Very helpful, practical and exciting book.

“The colors in your aura reveal your unique personality, your key to successful relationships, and your most useful talents with money and careers.”

Although we are born as one predominant life color, we can naturally grow into some of the others.

But first let me tell you that the colors are divided into mental, physical, and emotional styles.

It is quite easy to determine who you are by reading the descriptions. There is also a self-test you can take as well. Really, you are to determine who you are. No one is supposed to tell you who you are. You know better than anyone.

Not surprisingly, I am an emotional color! Lavender. Here are some characteristics of Lavenders:

“Fantasy, enchantment, dreams, myths, angels, fairies are all concepts which fill the Lavenders’ minds…These child-like personalities would rather spend time watching clouds float by or daydreaming… In their power, Lavenders can use their creative talents to show people the possibilities of other realms…artists, writers, actors, teachers… Lavenders have a hard time understanding money.”

As I understand it, you never lose the characteristics of the color you are born with, yet we do grow into other colors. I believe I am growing into Violet, another emotional color.

“Violets want to change the planet for the better…Violets need to travel the world, explore other cultures, and expand their horizons… Violets like to be self-employed, communicators, teachers, psychologists…Violets can become scattered and overwhelmed.”

All the colors have positive aspects when we are in our power and, alas, negative aspects when we are not.

Just to give you more of an idea, the physical colors are red, orange, magenta, yellow.

The mental colors are logical tan, environmental tan, sensitive tan, abstract tan, green.

The entire list of emotional colors include blue, violet, lavender, crystal, indigo.

There are some standard combination colors as well.

Life Colors also tells what colors get along best with what other colors.

As with the other book on operating styles, Life Colors gives us a vocabulary and a new way of looking at ourselves. And, as with the other book,  Managing with Style,  (see the blog entry, What Makes You Tick) it isn’t better to be one style or another. We can be happy to be whatever style we are, yet I must confess that being a Lavender in the world isn’t the easiest choice. In fact, I think Lavenders deserve a medal!

Today is Christmas Eve day. What does this entry have to do with Christmas? I think it must be that this entry is about loving and accepting ourselves so that then we can truly love one another no matter what color we are.