Your Favorite Color: What it Says About You

Whether we’re a vibrant Orange, or a peaceful Blue, our color preferences are a key to understanding our personalities. Find out what this color expert has to say about your favorite color. What does it reveal about who you really are?

White: Symbolic of purity, innocence and naivete, white has strong connotations of youth and purity. If you are an older person, your preference for white could indicate a desire for perfection and impossible ideals, maybe an attempt to recapture lost youth and freshness. It may also symbolize a desire for simplicity or the simple life.

Red: The color of strength, health, and vitality, Red is often the color chosen by someone outgoing, aggressive, vigorous and impulsive—or someone who would like to be! It goes with an ambitious nature but those who choose it can be abrupt at times, determined to get all they can out of life, quick to judge people and take sides. Red people are usually optimistic and can’t stand monotony; they are rather restless and not at all introspective, so they may be unaware of their own shortcomings. They find it hard to be objective and may blame others for any mishaps. Quiet people with a preference for red may feel the need for the warmth, strength and life-giving qualities of the color, or they blanket their true feelings under a sober exterior. Red is usually chosen by people with open and uncomplicated natures, with a zest for life.

Maroon: Harsh experience has probably matured the Maroon person into someone likable and generous. It is often a favorite color of someone who has been battered by life but has come through. It indicates a well-disciplined Red personality—one who has had difficult experiences and has not come through unmarked but who has grown and matured in the process.

Next: Personalities associated with pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue-green, turquoise, lavender, purple, brown, gray, and black.

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Lara K.

4:35AM PST on Feb 1, 2012

My favourite color is green, I suppose. I like earth tones too.

send a green star

Shantal I.

3:22AM PST on Feb 1, 2012

Great to b part of care2

Lisa D.

11:10AM PST on Jan 30, 2012

How interesting. Thank you!

Sheri S.

8:20AM PST on Jan 30, 2012

I am glad to know that all 3 of my favorite colors describe me pretty well. I enjoy peace and quiet and will do almost anything to keep it. Not completely passive.

Linda W.

4:15AM PST on Jan 27, 2012

Using color is so important to me, not only in clothing styles, but also in home decor. I just read an article touting blue as the soothing color. I have read previously that the use of pale pink on walls is supposed to be the best to soothe. I have found ways to use my most favorite color, turquoise, & the man hues thereof in both clothing and around the house. Back in time, in gem history, turquoise was my gemstone for a Capricorn! Here in the SW Four Corners area, actual turquoise stones can be used not only for jewelry, but also in home decor, Have a great day, EVERY ONE!!

Ana P M.

11:10AM PST on Jan 26, 2012

Thank you!

Belinda M.

10:40PM PST on Jan 25, 2012

I like beige. Don't I count? Sure I guess I kind of blend into the background and maybe I'm not very exciting, but...hey, wake up when I'm talking to you!

Mary S.

8:00PM PST on Jan 24, 2012

Very interesting I agree with most of it. One person I know doesn't fit her color but rest were diffently right. Thanks for article.

Tyler H.

9:04AM PST on Jan 24, 2012

That was a great article. So precise, to my amazement. Thank you.

aj M.

11:45AM PST on Jan 21, 2012

interesting.