b0rsuk
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http://www.colorquiz.com/title.html

It worked so well for me that I would never tell anyone which sequence I picked.

If the page (of test itself) doesn't work properly, take the link at the bottom of the page.

[Edited by b0rsuk on 08-13-2004 at 09:04 PM GMT]

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Blublu
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I took the test twice, once where I actually did as the test said and the other time I just selected colors randomly. Both results had some similarities to me, although the first one seemed to match myself better than the other. I don't know how to feel about that, it might have been sheer coincidence...

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masonjason
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That thing is crap. It basically insulted me, saying that I was arrogant, egocentric, stubborn and unable to cope when I didn't have things my way. Then it said that my problem is that I have too much "struggle" and need to take a holiday in an atmosphere of peace and affection.

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"Impulsive and irritable. His desires, and the actions involved, are paramount, with insufficient consideration being given to their consequences. This leads to, or arises from, stress and conflict."
Yeah, thats me, alright.
"An existing situation is unsatisfactory and he feels unable to improve it without willing cooperation. The need for understanding and for affectionate give and take remains unsatisfied; he now has a feeling of being tied down, giving rise to impatience, irritability, and the desire to escape."
Huh?

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Whoa... that was extremely accurate.
I'm not going to show this to anyone.

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“Folks say that if you listen real close at the height of the full moon, when the wind is blowin' off Nantucket Sound from the nor' east and the dogs are howlin' for no earthly reason, you can hear the awful screams of the crew of the 'Ellie May,' a sturdy whaler Captained by John McTavish; for it was on just such a night when the rum was flowin' and, Davey Jones be damned, big John brought his men on deck for the first of several screaming contests.”

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Imaginative and sensitive; seeking an outlet for these qualities--especially in the company of someone equally sensitive. Interest and enthusiasm are readily aroused by the unusual or the adventurous.

Heh, interesting. But it didn't let me go to the next page.

Game on,

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Your Existing Situation
Willing and adaptable. Only at peace when closely attached to a person, group, or organization on a which reliance can be placed.

Your Stress Sources
Delights in the tasteful, the gracious, and the sensitive, but maintains his attitude of critical appraisal and refuses to be swept off his feet unless genuineness and integrity can be absolutely vouched for. Therefore keeps a strict and watchful control on his emotional relationships as he must know exactly where he stands. Demands complete sincerity as a protection against his own tendency to be too trusting.

Your Desired Objective
Intense, vital, and animated, taking a delight in action. Activity is directed towards success or conquest and there is a desire to live life to the fullest.

Your Actual Problem
Wants to act freely and uninhibitedly, but is restrained by his need to have things on a rational, consistent, and clearly-defined basis.

That is so like me it isn't even funny. Weird.

-Patrick

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masonjason
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Here's exactly what mine says.

Your Existing Situation
Not only considers his demands minimal, but also regards them as imperative. Sticks to them stubbornly and will concede nothing

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Your Stress Sources
Eager to make a good impression, but worried and doubtful about the likelihood of succeeding. Feels that he has a right to anything he might hope for, and becomes helpless and distressed when circumstances go against him. Finds the mere possibility of failure most upsetting and this can even lead to nervous prostration. Sees himself as a 'victim' who has been misled and abused, mistakes this dramatization for reality and tries to convince himself that his failure to achieve standing and recognition is the fault of others.

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Your Restrained Characteristics
Egocentric and therefore quick to take offense.

An unadmitted lack of confidence makes him careful to avoid open conflict and he feels he must make the best of things as they are.

Egocentric and therefore quick to take offense. Able to achieve satisfaction through sexual activity but tends to hold aloof emotionally.

Feels trapped in a distressing or uncomfortable situation and seeking some way of gaining relief. Able to achieve satisfaction through sexual activity providing no turmoil or emotional agitation is involved.

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Your Desired Objective
Urgently in need of rest, relaxation, peace, and affectionate understanding. Feels he has been treated with a lack of consideration and is upset and agitated as a result. Regards his situation as intolerable as long as his requirements are not complied with.

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Your Actual Problem
Disappointment at the non-fulfillment of his hopes and the fear that to formulate fresh goals will only lead to further setbacks have resulted in considerable anxiety. He is trying to escape from this into a peaceful and harmonious relationship, protecting him from dissatisfaction and lack of appreciation.

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Your Actual Problem #2
Depleted vitality has created an intolerance for any further stimulation, or demands on his resources. A feeling of powerlessness subjects him to agitation and acute distress. Tries to escape from this by relinquishing the struggle, and by finding peaceful and restful conditions in which to recuperate in an atmosphere of affection and security.

The resemblance to me is slight at best.

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b0rsuk
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masonjason wrote:

The resemblance to me is slight at best.

It may be your weird-hippy-whatever color preference. Other people seem to have more accurate results.
Don't jump on me, but you're pretty calm for someone who isn't quick to take offense.

Anyway, I consider the test pretty impressive just because of simplicity.

[Edited by b0rsuk on 08-14-2004 at 10:30 PM GMT]

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masonjason
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That's cool, I'm not saying it's inaccurate for everyone (although my first tendency is towards the idea that it's more harmony-with-your-inner-spirit, alternative-psychology garbage).

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Oneiromancer wrote:

Imaginative and sensitive; seeking an outlet for these qualities--especially in the company of someone equally sensitive. Interest and enthusiasm are readily aroused by the unusual or the adventurous.

Heh, interesting. But it didn't let me go to the next page.

Game on,

Yeah, a couple times it didn't let me go to the next page either, but a couple refreshes fixed it up just fine. (I think it just hates Mozilla).

b0rsuk
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Yeah, a couple times it didn't let me go to the next page either, but a couple refreshes fixed it up just fine. (I think it just hates Mozilla).

I was forced to use "old test" link, because the new didn't work. Mozilla 1.4

masonjason: there's more about that garbage than meets the eye. Our art of medicine (I mean of healing people) is known for ignoring knowledge they can't understand, or coming from "primitive" people. Definition of primitive by Terry Pratchett - "wearing less clothes than you". The "modern" herb knowledge is still poor. Besides, i think it is now widely accepted that that your mood has big impact on your physical health, too. That's why they use placebo trick.
It goes a bit farther. A sportsman hearing the "start" sound automatically reacts with an adrenaline rush, but it quickly ends once he realises there's no race. It is possible to prolong such state, and stilmulate "hormon" (not sure if this word exists in EN) by sheer will.
Hypnosis is a fact, but it still needs to be taken with a grain of salt. It is proven that humans have tendency to fantasize, and are susceptible to suggestions. There was a cool experiment on discovery where several people going on safari (i think) were shown a wrecked car, several meters of yellow police tape around it and a guard next to it. It was all in the middle of nowhere, and they didn't receive any explaination. And it was all fake.
Then after 2 years they were questioned about that car wreckage. The people said many things, "facts" that didn't occur, often contradicting themselves. Human memory is far from perfect, and the brain tends to assume too much, ocassionaly. (see checker-shadow illusion I posted in fun images topic, it's unbelievable but it's true).
People under hypnosis effect sure behave strange, but the danger is they are vulnerable to suggestions, and, for instance, if asked to tell about something they supposedly know nothing about... are like to forge ideas just as in car wreckage experiment.

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I don't want to turn this into an argument, but are you suggesting the test works through the power of suggestion? Horoscopes work the same way: telling people things about themselves about which they're likely to say "Hey, that's me," even if it's not. The secret is being general and specific at the same time. If the colour test does work this way, then it's obviously worthless.
The test is partially based on the research of Max Luscher (partially? Where did the rest come from?) and a lookup shows that he had dubious ideas: for example, he claimed that colour preferences could result from glandular imbalances. He also claimed at one point that one's personality could be extrapolated from the contractions of one's individual facial muscles.
The History page on the official Luscher site tells me that Luscher "recognized that the sensory perception of color is objective and universally shared by all". This, in fact, is not recognised, and is still an unresolved question, though there is evidence supporting the idea that different people perceive the same colours differently. It seems from this that much of Luscher's research may have been based on a flawed idea.
Luscher developed his colour test as a student, and was awarded a genuine degree for it, so it can't be completely empty (although this was in 1949). Later, he moved on to work on dream interpretation, which I believe to be a pseudoscience. The colour test has several other links with pseudoscience: for example, it appears on several alternative medicine websites and if you take the larger test which is taken by mail, the 5-page report contains recommendations for homeopathic remedies.
My verdict? A moderately accurate personality test at best, a scam at worst, since the price for the full test is pretty steep (it looks like you have to pay 110 euros for the test materials, and then another 60 or 70 for the analysis).

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b0rsuk
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masonjason wrote:
I don't want to turn this into an argument, but are you suggesting the test works through the power of suggestion?

No, it was just a digression. And it was painfully accurate for me.

Thanks for your input.



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