I love taking tests. Not school tests, or driving tests…fun tests. Quizzes.
What a bonus that House Beautiful‘s latest color issue includes a test/quiz/questionnaire on its very last page: “What’s your color personality?”
I probably would have taken the test anyway, but I don’t know if I would blogged about it were it not for Maria Killam (that’s Killam with a “K”) tagging me in her post on the subject.
Ok, my colorful friend. You’re on. Here are my responses.
1. What’s the first color you see in the morning?
Light blue-grey, the color of my bedroom walls.
2. What color are your eyes?
Light blue.
3. What color do you wear the most?
Shades of blue and green, mostly. Sheesh; are you seeing a pattern here? I used to wear a lot of orange – it’s one of my favorite colors – but I realized one day that I don’t look good in it! So I restrict it to accessories now (sadly). I do subscribe to Color Me Beautiful‘s theory of, “You can wear any color; you just have to find the right shade…” But it’s easier to find shades of blue and green that work for me, so I focus on those.
4. What color do you never wear?
Apricot. Such a pretty color…makes me look like death.
5. What color do you wear when you want to feel sexy?
Black or really dark brown. For a year I tried to buy no black at all, because I finally accepted that I look so pasty in it. Dark brown or dark blue can have the same effect in terms of drama or sexiness, but they’re not as draining on me. It’s hard to find cool clothes that aren’t black, though! Everything comes in black plus one or two other colors. If it’s an earth-tone year, I’m screwed.
6. What color gets you the most compliments?
Branching out with this answer: medium blue-grey.
7. What color is your lipstick?
Lip color, but a little darker. (Truth be told, I have to remember to wear lipstick, even though I shouldn’t be allowed outside without it.) I have good luck with Revlon’s Rum Raisin with Clinique Superbalm gloss in Rootbeer on top of it.
8. What color was your living room when you were growing up?
The walls were very faint, tiny peach and cream stripes, and there was a light green wool rug…so mostly cream, peach, and light green, I guess. It was the early 80s in a small town, and I guess that palette was the “sophisticated” option at the furniture store.
9. What color was your bedroom when you were growing up?
I wanted a yellow room, but we were in wallpaper mode. So I had a wallpaper I can still remember was called “Allegro.” I loved it. It was small chalky dabs of different colors – light blue, dark blue, yellow, green, pink, orange – on a white field. There was a small border at the top that was green scribbly stems with scribbly flowerheads in colors across the top. I also had navy blue carpeting and yellow metal mini-blinds.
Before we redecorated, the room had navy blue and white floral wallpaper. It was pretty, but as one of the contractor guys said to me, “It’s kind of like sleeping on a dinner plate, isn’t it?” Yes. Yes it was.
10. What color are your sheets?
White. (We have light blue, too, but they clash with our new wall color.)
11. What color was your favorite crayon as a child?
Kelly green, I think.
12. What color is your car?
Dark grey, but please don’t judge. I’m so unenthusiastic about our car that I’d rather it were invisible. Dark grey was the closest I could come. My fantasy car is a dark blue Mini Cooper.
13. What color was your prom dress?
Yellow as a junior (my favorite dress), white top black skirt as a senior. I thought I looked sophisticated; I actually looked like a waitress.
14. What’s your favorite gemstone?
Diamonds. I also like sapphires.
15. What is your favorite flower?
Peonies. Maybe for the smell even more than the color, although I love that delicate pink. I also love yellow and orange roses…I swear they smell different than the red ones.
16. What color makes you happiest?
There are three: yellow, yellow, and yellow.
17. What color depresses you?
Mauve. “Dusty rose” is a close second. That whole Southwestern palette really bums me out.
18. What color calms you?
Blue-grey.
19. What color makes you grind your teeth?
Burgundy, especially with navy blue. There were lots of “country” motifs in my hometown, so that burgundy/navy combo is forever ruined for me.
20. What color would you like to try, but are scared to?
In decorating, I don’t have a fear of any particular color. I think greens are pretty tough, though; I have a pretty high tolerance for clashy greens, but I can’t force that on my clients!
Result: Well, House Beautiful doesn’t exactly interpret your answers for you. But I’d say I’m nothing if not consistent: yellow, blues, blue-greys…clear, medium or light colors are me, for sure.
What about you? If you’re color confused, this test is pretty clarifying!
Most of these pictures are from iStockPhoto.