morninglight palette
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The color palette
Fresh and friendly colors. Clear, delicate, warm, mid-range colors containing no black. Descriptors such as scarlet, coral, peach, daffodil yellow, emerald green, sky blue, cobalt and lilac apply. Personal characteristics associated with this tonal family are light, warm, friendly, new, young, lively, fresh, clean, and optimistic. Negatively, they may be perceived as insubstantial, frivolous and immature.
The personality: vivacious
Key characteristics
Intuitive, light, charming, vivacious, enthusiastic, friendly, informal, helpful, creative, versatile, perceptive, impulsive, optimistic, the Beginners of Life
The archetype:
Imagine yourself at sunrise on a glorious springtime morning in a countryside field of wildflowers. Even though it all feels so very quiet, it is hardly silent: the whole place is positively buzzing with light and energy, and there is a feeling of buoyancy, of lots to do in very little time.
Much like this place, the Morninglight personality is vivacious, warm, lively, outgoing and friendly. Morninglights are also generally energetic, enthusiastic and optimistic. A positive, good humored and sunny disposition, as well as a caring and helpful attitude are also key characteristics of this personality.
With the light of day comes the renewal of life, and the Morninglight personality’s natural mode of operation is intuition. Because intuition is a coming together of conscious and subconscious information, Morninglights value inspiration and insight, and either follow it with confidence or can learn to do so.
To a Morninglight, the ‘possibilities’ in everything and everyone are what matters most. This makes Morninglights very versatile and creative, with strong initiative – which is stimulated by difficulties – and therefore ingenious at solving problems. Morninglights are also extremely perceptive of other people’s point of view – which, if this is essentially your personality type, makes you a wonderful idea and project person.
As a matter of fact, the life of a true Morninglight is a succession of (usually too many) projects. Tirelessly tenacious at what interests you, routine is not for you and you do have trouble getting things done that you don’t find interesting in the first place. This is because once the possibilities have been thoroughly looked into, and a solution has been found, as far as the Morninglight is concerned, the work is done – which also means that while you are great at starting projects, completing them can sometimes be a challenge.
Morninglights tend to operate by impulsive energy, which gives the impression of effortlessness. This can mean that you often feel that you are unobservant of details, and can, in fact, be quite disorganized. And yet, you are very practical: when there is a job to be done, you get to it, rather than talk about it.
Another hallmark of the Morninglight personality is light. You need lots of it – of actual sunlight as well as lightness in attitude and sense of humor – and tend to be light on your feet no matter what your size. However, if a Morninglight’s intuition is underdeveloped or denied, there can be a tendency to skim far too lightly along the surface of life, along with a reluctance to go to any depths.
Morninglights are witty, irresistibly charming and great communicators. You do not stand on ceremony, and are most comfortable in informal atmospheres. Despite this, Morninglights can also be undiplomatic. At times, your charm can get way from you and become manipulative. Because Morninglights value harmony, however, you will tend to avoid confrontations.
Subordinate personality styles
Although the theory is that we each identify with a particular archetypal color palette, the reality is that, given that we are each unique, a pure archetype is rarely found. This is to say, it is rare to find a person who would have chosen all Morninglight answers, for example, on the color test. Therefore, the one to which you had the second highest number of answers is your subordinate personality style.
As Angela Wright, creator of the Colour Affects system reminds us, “although each of us falls absolutely into one of the patterns, we are all tempered by the subordinate influences of another pattern. So, for example, the influence of Morninglight could make the expressions of a basically Firelight pattern lighter, both visually and in the personality, than the archetype. One could be quite attracted to Morninglight perfumes, plenty of light, blonde wood and lots of plants growing in the home, but still be linked absolutely to Firelight.”
With this in mind, here are the characteristics and effects of each subordinate influences on the Morninglight personality:
Pure Morninglight
Warmly enthusiastic, high-spirited, ingenious and imaginative, you are able to do almost anything which interests you. You are quick with a solution for any difficulty and ready to help anyone with a problem. You tend to rely on your ability to improvise instead of preparing in advance. You can usually find compelling reasons for whatever you want.
Firelight subordinate
You are conscientious and put your best efforts into your work or goals and succeed through strong motivation, perseverance and originality. Your forcefulness is tempered by your concern for others. You are respected for your firm principles, clear convictions, and concern for the well-being of others.
Dreamlight subordinate
You have an original mind and great determination, making you very able to organize tasks and implement them unaided. Being sometimes skeptical, critical and stubborn, you might like to consider the advantages of “conceding the battle in order to win the war.”
Starlight subordinate
You are good in a wide range of activities, super efficient and good at problem solving, but you will prefer to be involved in new and exciting tasks, often at the expense of routine ones. You easily grasp new ideas and concepts, with an innovative and ingenious intelligence. You are alert and outspoken and your ability to argue either side of an issue makes you stimulating company. You tend to move from one interest to another, but can always find good reasons to do what you want to!