Ever heard of the Dewey Color System? No?
That’s sad for you.
Go check out the book from your local library (or, if it’s cheaper because you owe the library about a hundred dollars in late fees, buy it) and find your colors. There is no right or wrong way to do this thing. Pick it based on the shades of the colors that you see on the physical page or on whether you ALWAYS like blue, purple, and black (as I do), I guarantee it will work.
It’s very simple: colors have been proven to affect your everyday psychology. Ever wondered why McDonald’s is painted in yellows and reds? It’s because those are the colors of their food, it inspires you to eat more and makes you more apt to buy more of their product. Think about how many restaurants you know that are painted in blues and purples. Not that many, right? And you never eat a whole lot when you go there, do you? Color matters.
So. If a certain color makes you feel a certain way, then the colors that you prefer to see and look at are going to make a difference as far as what your personality is like. I, for example, have decorated my room in my two favorite colors: black and lavender. Lavender is traditionally a soothing color. Black, on the other hand, is dynamic. The two colors together speak to both sides of my personality.
Don’t expect this to be right 100% of the time. I know those of you out there who believe whole-heartedly in horoscopes will be so invested in this idea that you’ll run right out and buy a whole new wardrobe and bedroom suite to go with your colors. Old Navy and Pier One will be pleased.
But seriously. These colors actually mean something about you. Let’s not pick a fight with the fact that despite your love of blue and orange, you actually hate hugs. Damn. Guess the whole fucking thing’s wrong, right? No. It just means that not everyone is the same, and because of this whole “uniqueness” thing, not everything in your color will be right about you. Much of it will be.
Maybe this color thing really pisses you off. I’m not surprised. I have good friends who are depressed/pissed off over the book. But if this book tells you that you’re clingy, that you make other people feel bad about themselves, or that you pity yourself too much, don’t whine about it. Because then you’re proving the book right. You don’t have to like everything about yourself, that’s not what life is. But the more you understand your own biases, faults, and opinions, the more you’ll be able to function ads a “grown up.”
So suck it up. Do your colors. Do your friends’ colors.
Besides, afterwards you can compare your colors and find out if you’d clash all the time, but really, have tons of great sex (that’s when there’s a black preference and a white preference together).
Hot.
But really, take its advice. Don’t wonder how it works or why it works, just accept that color is a powerful motivator, and certain types of people will like a certain color, it’s that simple. Do your friends’ colors, do your enemies’ colors, and when you see that your friends have very different preferences from yours and your enemies like the same exact colors as you, don’t freak out. Opposites attract, and usually you hate people for the things you don’t like within yourself.
What you need to understand is that if you don’t like something it says, you can change it. But don’t try and deny its accuracy.
Color preferences reveal your true self.
