What
Does Your Favorite Color Say About You?
What is your favorite color?
Why is it (if you have a favorite color)
your favorite color?
Your favorite color has a lot to say about you. Do these words ring
true for you?
Knowing about yourself can help you to understand your strengths, and
your weaknesses. How you can affect other people. And how to improve your
personality.
Purple
You like everything perfect. You need to feel safe emotionally. You care
for other people and help other people. You can see things that other people
don’t see. You have some vanity. You are creative.
Black
You strive for power and control in life. You are good at art and have a feeling for the
future. You’re above average. You
are polite and know about the world.
White
You are organized and very independent. You are practical and logical.
You use your logical skills to solve every problem.
Gray
You are calm and reliable. You like to keep the peace.
You are careful and try to work with others to find solutions to
problems.
Red
You are active and take risks. Fitness is
important for you.
You are not shy. Your moods can change. You feel kindness to other fellow human
beings. You have a strong sex drive. You’re an optimist but are not shy to
speak your complaints.
Pink
All you want in life is unconditional love. And you want to be accepted
for who you are.
Orange
You love to be with people and socialize with them. You want to be
accepted by other groups. You are kind and enjoy being with other people. You
are swayed by outside opinions. You are loyal. You work well.
Blue
You want to find inner peace and truth. You always try to think of
others and their needs.
Blue shows that you’re introspective. You are conservative. When there is stress you like to find peaceful places.
Green
You are loyal and very frank with others. Your reputation is a very
important part of your life.
You are careful about social customs and etiquette. You have a lot of love for your family.
Yellow
You enjoy learning and sharing knowledge with others. You like to be an
individual person.
You have a strong imagination. You feel a need to help the world. You
may be shy and not too close to people. You want to be respected and crave
other people’s positive respect and thoughts for your wisdom. You’re a safe friend and a reliable person to
tell secrets to.
Brown
You are a great friend. You like
a stable and simple life more than owning things.
You are careful with money and careful with your habits. You don’t like
to make sudden decisions. You are good at negotiating.
Try to guess the meaning of the words in
bold and match them with their closest meaning from the choices in the right.
Some of the answers are very close and have similar meaning. The meaning of
these words is how they are used in the reading. Some of these words have
different meanings in the dictionary depending on how they are used.
The answers are below the table.
Ring true
|
A
|
1
|
To be interested a lot
in how we look
|
Vanity
|
B
|
2
|
To sound/seem real and
honest. Likely to believe
|
Strive
|
C
|
3
|
To be influenced to
make another decision
|
Optimist
|
D
|
4
|
To strongly desire/want
something
|
Swayed
|
E
|
5
|
To be positive about
things and the future
|
Introspective
|
F
|
6
|
Describes manners and
behavior to other people
|
Etiquette
|
G
|
7
|
To be shy and look
inward
|
Crave
|
H
|
8
|
To fight hard to
succeed
|
A=2, B=1, C=8, D=5, E=3, F=7, G=6, H=4
Some example sentences using the new
words or phrases from the meaning of how they are used in the reading to help
you understand better.
His words don’t ring true. I can’t believe anything
he says.
Young girls are often vain. You see them looking in
every mirror.
I am so proud of her. She is striving to be the best
piano student. She practices for hours every day.
Sometimes it is hard to be optimistic when the
economy is so bad and jobs are hard to find.
I did not agree with gay marriage. But now my thinking has
been swayed by what I read.
Sometimes it is good to be introspective. For
example to think deeply about what we are good and not good at.
It is good etiquette to let older people begin
eating first.
I have a craving for chocolate.
Some questions using the new
words/phrases. Try to use the words/phrases in your answer.
Do you agree that your favorite color rings true
with you?
These plastic surgery shops advertise to our vanity.
How much do you agree/disagree and why?
How are you striving to improve yourself?
Are you optimistic about the future? Why or why not?
Do you like/dislike the leader of your country? What would sway
your thinking to like or dislike him or her?
How do you introspect in your life? Are you introspective?
Describe good etiquette in your culture.
What cravings do you have?