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The Color Code: A New Way to See Yourself, Your Relationships, And Life
DISCOVER YOUR TRUE COLOR(S) WITH "THE COLOR CODE" -- AND UNLOCK YOUR POTENTIAL FOR SUCCESS AT WORK AND AT HOMEGo ahead, take the test, and find out what makes you (and others) tick. By answering the 45-question personality profile, you will no doubt gain insight and illumination that will start you out on a thrilling journey of self-discovery while you:
* Identify your prim...more
* Identify your prim...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
March 23rd 1999
by Scribner Book Company
(first published 1987)
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I don't consider this a cure-all, understand-all guide for each personality & relationship, but I do think it helps me understand better why some people act & say what they do & how I can better relate to them. I'm making more friends than offenses when I apply this knowledge.
Some people read personality books like scripture & others have a hard time being pigeon-holed. I'm somewhere in the middle in that I appreciate any influence for good a book may teach me, but I don’t co...more
Within the genre of personality assessments this book is possibly the best in the breed. I really appreciate the effort of the author to keep his readers down to earth in their approach to his book. He admits that just because you are primarily one color, doesn't mean that you don't or can't have traits from all colors. Although the test included in the book is designed to determine your innate personality, he suggests using the new found self-awareness as a spring board for the development of d...more
Feb 28, 2013
Emily Fine
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The Color Code breaks down personality types and helps you to understand the combinations using a color coding process. It was very interesting and has helped me to better understand the people I see and talk to everyday. The point of the book is that you now recognize your weaknesses and strengths, learn to strengthen your strengths, get rid of your weaknesses, and find mentors for the qualities you wish to obtain. This author has many truths in how to become a truly charactered person and I fi...more
Buku yang menurut saya menarik, terlepas dari keyakinan Hartman bahwa kepribadian itu innate dan semacam takdir sejak lahir (saya sendiri adalah penganut psikoanalisa yang menganggap kepribadian itu terbentuk setelah lahir).
Di sini Hartman membagi kepribadian atas 4 warna primer: Merah, Biru, Putih, dan Kuning. Ada tes yang dapat kita isi untuk menentukan apa warna dasar kita. Menurutnya, walaupun misalnya kita menyukai beragam warna, pasti ada satu warna primer yang mutlak menjadi penanda kepri...more
Di sini Hartman membagi kepribadian atas 4 warna primer: Merah, Biru, Putih, dan Kuning. Ada tes yang dapat kita isi untuk menentukan apa warna dasar kita. Menurutnya, walaupun misalnya kita menyukai beragam warna, pasti ada satu warna primer yang mutlak menjadi penanda kepri...more
Not a fan of Pop-psychology or self-help books and don't usually read them, but this was a suggestion. I found this book to be just the same as all others in the realm. Steeped in fiticious nonsense. Just another ploy in brainwashing to get people to fix what isn't broken. Another sad attempt at pinning lables on ones-self and others and condoning it! A way of wrapping imaginary chains around the mind and keeping it in a state of emotional static. It over simplifies a very complex subject. I fee...more
Mar 30, 2008
Russell Maag
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Idiots
Recommended to Russell by:
Satan
Folk psychology at its worst.
Agressive poeple are really pushy? Wow... thanks for that one captian obvious!
Truth be told I couldn't stomach finishing this filth. Pigeon-holing billions of individualities into four basic, color coded, types is the most stupid and irresponsible things i have ever heard of.
The next person who says "I'm a red personality, with a little bit of yellow in there!" is going to get punched in the face!
I guess that makes me a RED!! Durrr!
Agressive poeple are really pushy? Wow... thanks for that one captian obvious!
Truth be told I couldn't stomach finishing this filth. Pigeon-holing billions of individualities into four basic, color coded, types is the most stupid and irresponsible things i have ever heard of.
The next person who says "I'm a red personality, with a little bit of yellow in there!" is going to get punched in the face!
I guess that makes me a RED!! Durrr!
This book was very insightful. I took the test and found the personality profile to describe me well. I am the blue personality and since we love to overanalyze everything, then it fits that I would enjoy overanalyzing my core motives in life. I also hope to use the knowledge I gained from this book to better understand others. Finally, it has forced me to look inward to know my personal limitations, such as playing a martyr role or occasionally giving a "blue lecture" regarding anything from t...more
I remember taking this test in high school and would like to give the test to my children to see what colors they are and see if that helps with working with them. I didn't finish reading the book because I had a hard time getting into it and now it's very overdue back to the library. Some of the information was interesting on the various traits for each color. I'm not sure I agree with him in saying that your personalitiy doesn't change. In the test, he asks you to answer the questions for how...more
This was actually VERY helpful to my family when my brother and I were teenagers, and helped us get along better with our parents. I always really enjoyed it and we still make comments to this day about what color our kids are now! :)
I took the test in here and found it pretty dissatisfying. Although I was clearly one color through the test, much of that color was not me. I think that stems from the fact that he says to take the test by thinking of yourself as a child as that is your true personality. What exactly does that mean? We are who we are now. I don't identify with my complete personality as a child and I don't really care to either. I tend to think he plays the nature side of personality over the nurture part of it...more
At the very least, this is a simple way to stop the "blame Game" if people in your life seem baffling or contrary. Different personality types see different things differently and are motivated by differing needs or goals.
I am utterly and completely BLUE-YELLOW. I was baffling to MYSELF--I'm a very conscientious , goal motivated person, and I'm prone to worry. But, when I play I Play with a capital play, live in the moment, and I am worry free.
I found this to be confusing, and contradictory. ....more
I am utterly and completely BLUE-YELLOW. I was baffling to MYSELF--I'm a very conscientious , goal motivated person, and I'm prone to worry. But, when I play I Play with a capital play, live in the moment, and I am worry free.
I found this to be confusing, and contradictory. ....more
I was reading this book when I started dating Tony! I loved it. I totally gave him the color code quiz-it was awesome. I think that's what really made him think I was the one. ;)
What a silly book. It's claims that every member of the human race fits into one of four categories. It lays out many human characteristics and insists that if you do any of these things then you fall under a category and will be forever labeled. Reds want power, Blues want love, Whites want peace, and I can't remember what Yellows want. I think it was something like friends. Anyway, every time I take the test I'm a different color and I'm always about three away from another color. Basically I'...more
I LOVE THIS BOOK! I don't know how many times I have read this book, and taken the test. I usually end up being the same - strong yellow, and go between the other three colors. I do want to say this book saved my life...hahaha, it saved my relationship with one of my mission companions that I didn't get along with. Halfway through our transfer we found a member who had this book and borrowed it. We took the test for each other to find out our "true colors" then we studied each morning the colors...more
This came recommended to me from a friend in the ward. I am intensely curious as to how people work (in their heads) and the motives behind what people do. Why do people act the way they do? I look forward to reading the author's ideas about this.
It was eye opening, though of course no personality test is "perfect". I did learn a lot from this book,(mostly about myself, that was the most helpful) and mostly I felt like a switch went on inside me, that turned on this acceptance of who I am, who o...more
It was eye opening, though of course no personality test is "perfect". I did learn a lot from this book,(mostly about myself, that was the most helpful) and mostly I felt like a switch went on inside me, that turned on this acceptance of who I am, who o...more
The Color Code breaks down personality types and helps you to understand the combinations using a color coding process.
It was very interesting and has helped me to better understand the people I love and those I have to work with.
I would highly recommend it to anyone that is a parent. It has taught me to talk to my kids in a way that their personalities would best hear what I am trying to say.
It also has taught me to be more tolerant of the way others handle life verses the way I do. There re...more
It was very interesting and has helped me to better understand the people I love and those I have to work with.
I would highly recommend it to anyone that is a parent. It has taught me to talk to my kids in a way that their personalities would best hear what I am trying to say.
It also has taught me to be more tolerant of the way others handle life verses the way I do. There re...more
This is a very interesting book. I've been familiar with the colors and the type of personalities they represent for years now, but had never read the book by the original theorist until this month. I was impressed at the accuracy, especially regarding my own personality. On the flip side, it was a little depressing to read about all the "limitations" of this alleged personality. People like me (I'm a white/blue) tend to be easily over-whelmed (true) unmotivated, lazy, passive, moody, and are th...more
Mar 13, 2008
Dana Nelson
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
EVERYONE!
Shelves:
home-library,
non-fiction
I had not realized when I saw this book that it had previously been published as The Color Code, which I’ve already read. It deserves a review regardless of the fact I read it 10 years ago (and a couple of times since).
This is a glowing 5-star book (if you couldn’t tell). I’ve re-read this several times. It’s incredibly insightful regarding motivation; why people act the way they do. It helps you to understand yourself and then how to understand others. It’s really neat to read passages about yo...more
This is a glowing 5-star book (if you couldn’t tell). I’ve re-read this several times. It’s incredibly insightful regarding motivation; why people act the way they do. It helps you to understand yourself and then how to understand others. It’s really neat to read passages about yo...more
This book was recommended by my friend Karen N. She said about the book & the "codes": "The color code is based on motivation. What motivates you to do the things you do? Taylor says there are just 4 core motives. Red-Power, blue-intamacey, white-peace, yellow-fun. For example red means you want to get from point A to point B, take charge of things, can be intimidating and is logic based. Blue likes to connect with other people, very loyal to friends, can be judgemental and perfectionistic....more
I've known about this book since I was young, but it has been years since I've read it. I loved to read his insights, particularly in the section about relationships between people of similar or different colors.
I find this book a very useful way to talk about different personalities. It gives a basis to start from as you consider different individual motivations and how that will effect that person's reactions.
When reading this book, it is important to realize that not every trait in your domin...more
I find this book a very useful way to talk about different personalities. It gives a basis to start from as you consider different individual motivations and how that will effect that person's reactions.
When reading this book, it is important to realize that not every trait in your domin...more
I made it all the way through this time. The first time I tried reading this book (1999?), I liked it. But this time I was kind of bugged by the labeling. I know that the author, at the end of the book, decries labeling (using the color code to put others in boxes), and I really appreciate that. But the premise LENDS itself to labeling. And how many people actually make it to the end of the book?
I did find it insightful or helpful here and there. :)
It helps me realize that "different" is not "w...more
I did find it insightful or helpful here and there. :)
It helps me realize that "different" is not "w...more
finally read through the WHOLE book, and though temporarily discouraged at discovering my husband is NOT what I'd always thought he was (just like me :)!)--I loved his section on building CHARACTER and how we are all obligated and ABLE to work w/ our strengths and weaknesses, and how it is easier to do when we see them more clearly. Really good relationship book, and terribly fascinating how well it rings true. Good balance too, of strengths and weaknesses that we ALL possess.
This book works for me because I've got a bit of a soft spot when it comes to books that help us understand the "whys" of what makes people think, act, and react the way they do. The Color Code's focus is *possibly* helping us develop an understanding of what motivates people (possibly because very little references to other works are cited and all the examples seem made up so who knows how practical this all is, strikingly similar to most economists' predictions). The author takes broad psychol...more
You gotta read the whole thing! So many people are against "character profiling" because it labels people. Other people who like character profiling, a majority of them only read the parts about themselves, maybe about their spouse and parents, but don't finish the book. Then they use the excuse "well, this is just who I am because I'm a red - or blue - or yellow - or white." And they stay stuck right where they are.
The point (if you actually read the whole thing) is that you now recognize your...more
The point (if you actually read the whole thing) is that you now recognize your...more
I think it's such an interesting review and insight into distinct character traits. It not only helps you better understand how to relate to those around you but I found it to be very introspecitively helpful as well. The only thing I dislike about it is that once read, many people start to categorize everyone and associate with "their color", saying things like, "I can't change that, I'm innately a red!" Which is very unfortunate.
What can I say about a book based on a personality test? We've all filled them out online or in classes. What one of the 7 dwarfs are you? Which superhero are you? What does your sock preference say about your marriage? When it comes down to it, none of these really tells you anything relevant about yourself or anyone else. Then, there's The Color Code. This book has permanently changed the way I look at myself and everyone around me. While it does feel a bit trite to just look at someone and re...more
I really enjoyed this book because it is easy to read and informative. I think it is an interesting theory. It helped me take a different view of myself and those around me and be a little more understanding of other peoples motives. I think the language that is used to describe people is harsh and he seemed to focus on the negative characteristics of people more than the positive but other than that I really liked it.
This book will make you see others in a whole new light. You will be more forgiving, have more empathy, and be less offended by others after reading this book. There is a personality assessment survey you complete to find out which color you are: Red, blue, white, or yellow. It is very important to read the entire book and not just your own color. There is a very helpful section for marriage and dealing with others of different colors. What makes this book unique among the personality tests out...more
Great & Fun Book Club Read! I finally found out my true color. I've always tested as a different color. I finally had a chance to read the whole book & I found the reason why. Great read to help you understand yourself & others better. This book helped me understand that it is important to recognize your true colors and then use your findings to become the best you.
This is one of the greatest personality book I have ever read!!!What happens is you take the quiz, find out which of the four colors you are, and read on! Its a pretty understandable and believeable thing that makes sense, and isnt too complicated or simplistic. Its fun to read about like your faults and stregnths and such. Not too much borign paragraph stuff. AMAZING!
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