True Colors (personality)

True Colors (personality) is a personality profiling system created by Don Lowry in 1979.[1] It was originally created to categorize four basic learning styles using the colors blue, orange, gold and green to identify the strengths and challenges of these core personality types.[2] According to this personality temperament theory, which is a refined version of the popular Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, everyone's personality consists of a combination of all four colors, with the dominant two colors representing the core of a person's personality temperament.[3] In general, green personality types are independent thinkers, gold personality types are pragmatic planners, orange personality types are very action-oriented, and blue personality types are very people-oriented.[4] The idea behind True Colors is that it does not pigeonhole people into one personality type over another with the understanding that one's personality might make adjustments based on his or her environment or associations. True Colors is a way to understand the behaviors and motivations of others relative to our own personalities to help mitigate potential conflict by learning to recognize personality differences and characteristics.[5] Mary Miscisin wrote the definitive guide to True Colors entitled "Showing Our True Colors"[6] After 10 years of additional research, development, story gathering and making additional distinctions Mary Miscisin has released an updated version of Showing Our True Colors called "Personality Lingo.[7]

Scientific Basis

There has been one significant study done of the True Colors system.[8] It found good correlation with standard personality measures, and subjects rated the predictions that are made about them by true colors as accurate. Subjects retested after a 30-50 day delay were given the same classification ~95% of the time. However the research was performed by an 11 year True Colors Certified Trainer; the research was not published in a peer reviewed journal; and there are no published replications. True Colors has not been validated by independent, unaffiliated research.

References

  1. ↑ Gregory, Gale H. & Kuzmich, Lin. (2007). Teacher Teams That Get Results: 61 Strategies for Sustaining and Renewing Professional Learning Communities. Corwin Press.
  2. ↑ Gregory, Gale H. (2005). Differentiating Instruction With Style: Aligning Teacher and Learner Intelligences for Maximum Achievement. Corwin Press.
  3. ↑ Thomsen, Kate. (2002). Building Resilient Students: Integrating Resiliency Into What You Already Know and Do. Corwin Press.
  4. ↑ Shuttleworth, Dale Edwin (1993). Enterprise Learning in Action: Education and Economic Renewal for the Twenty-First Century. Psychology Press.
  5. ↑ DiTullio, Lisa. (2011). Project Team Dynamics: Enhancing Performance, Improving Results'. Management Concepts.
  6. ↑ Miscisin, Mary (2005). Showing Our True Colors. USA: True Colors, Inc. Publishing. ISBN 1-893320-23-5.
  7. ↑ Miscisin, Mary (2015). Personality Lingo - Use the Power of Personality to Transform Relationships, Improve Communication and Reduce Stress. USA: Create Space. ISBN 978-1502718389.
  8. ↑ Whichard, Judith A. (2006). Reliability and Validity of True Colors
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