b'words: Catherine Smithpictures: courtesy of TRANZcolour personalitiesOK, so I like golds and other strong colourswhat does that say about me?I am tasteful, gracious and sensitive. Im critical and difcult to please. I dontIf you still want theplace much hope in dreams. I should get party-hard hazel contact lenseslow-down on your colour personality, take the quiz because I prefer George Clooney to David Beckham. I totally renounce theon the Resene website: world, am selsh, demanding and unpredictable. Ummmm www.resene.co.nz/colourpersonality.htm.Actually,afteranafternoonontheinternetexploringtheworldofcolour personality quizzes, I seriously worry that I am a total schizophrenic. Luckily, when I check my hair-colour personality, it turns out I am a redhead at heart; just as well, since I was born a ginga and coloured my hair for the rst time when I was 48!There is something in human nature that loves to classify and simplify the complexity that is the human personality. Be it by birth date or astrological sign, leadership style, hair colour or even, apparently, the colour of your motorbike, reducing all the gorgeous contradictions and quirks of each person somehow makes the world a more manageable place. And thats before we examine our chakras or the personality of our pets by their colour.Enjoy the glories of reveling in the shades that seem right and make you feel happy.We do have some serious data on colour and how it can affect usblue lowers blood pressure, red stimulates appetite, for example. From what I can gather from those quizzes, though, the rest is hypothesis and can vary so wildly itll do your head in worrying about it.So, release yourself from fretting about what your favourite colours say about Reseneyou. Enjoy the glories of reveling in the shades that seem right and makeDynamiteyou feel happy. Forget the old-fashioned notion of beige, taupe and charcoalResenebeing good for decorating because they are safe orgod help yougoodRaging Bullfor re-sale value. Feel free to change the colour of your world every year.ReseneRed Red RedHeck, every season if you have the energyall it takes is a can or two of paint Reseneand a couple of afternoons. Whizz Bang72 |'