The Full Spectrum

We are an entire spectrum. Not just one dominant color.

It’s easy to remember our dominant color and our personal attributes, but how often do we refresh our memories when it comes to the other three? We may keep in mind a key word, an event or a specific person, but here are characteristics of all four and a fun list of famous people within each color!

Visionary Green

• Looks forward and sees impact of actions taken now.
• Explores all facets before deciding and checks for accuracy.
• Careful planner and enlivened by work.
• Status Quo buster, designer of change and inventive.
• Systematic, Logical, Theoretical and Self-Sufficient.
• Intellectual, Inquisitive, Impartial and Improvement Oriented.

Famous Greens: Socrates, Sherlock Holmes, Benjamin Franklin, Carl Jung, Thomas Edison, Eleanor Roosevelt, Frank Lloyd Wright, Rosalyn Carter.

Traditional Gold

• Respects Authority Rules, Routines and Policies.
• Remembers the traditions that work and values family.
• Practical, Systematic and Orderly.
• Identifies with groups. strives for a sense of security.
• Thorough, Sensible, Conventional and Proper.
• Evaluates actions as right or wrong.

Famous Golds: George Washington, Santa Claus, LBJ, Joan Rivers, Henry Ford, Florence Nightingale, Mr. Rogers.

Adventurous Orange

• Quick-witted, Charming, Spontaneous and Energetic.
• Playful, Injects fun into work and action oriented.
• Enjoys Diversity, Variety and Competition.
• Quick thinking and acting. takes charge.
• High visibility performer, accepts challenges, multi-tasker.
• Performs well under pressure, Resilient and Bold.

Famous Oranges: JFK, Amelia Earhart, Lucille Ball, Rhett Butler, FDR, Earnest Hemmingway, Winston Churchill, Garfield.

Nurturer Blue

• Sensitive to needs of others, sincere and expresses appreciation.
• Cooperative. Collaborative, Engaging and Creative.
• Inclusive, Mediator and Peacemaker.
• Idealistic, Intuitive, Romantic and Loyal.
• Seeks unity and harmony.
• Caretaker.

Famous Blues: Mozart, Dorothy (Wizard of Oz), Thomas Jefferson, Cinderella, Ghandi, Mohammed Ali, Jimmy Carter, Martin Luther King, Jr., Emily Dickenson.

Submitted by -
Sara Gothelf
Athletics Academic Coordinator Athletics

References

Creighton. (n.d.). Retrieved from creighton.edu: http://www.creighton.edu/fileadmin/user/njslc/docs/True_Colors.pdf

Winning Solutions. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://winningsolutions.com/Trainings/True_Colors/truecolor.html

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Has your color spectrum changed over the years? How?

Describe those changes to your colleagues. Remember True Colors is a tool to understanding others and ourselves. It is a common language because we talk about it and use it to articulate our perspectives to each other. Keep it going.

True Colors Training Schedule for STAFF (SD 410)

• Fall 2014 Schedule is pending.

True Colors Training Schedule for STUDENT WORKERS (SD 417)

• Fall 2014 Schedule is pending.

Any questions or comments? Please send us an email at VPSA@utsa.edu.