It has been almost three weeks since the last post. I picked up a few shifts at the bar, started taking a night class, and have been editing my “tech” resume. I have also begun to work on my “food service” resume. This morning, while performing a cursory internet job hunt, I came across the Color Career Test on Careerpath.com.

Completing the test takes a couple of minutes. You are shown a few boxes of color and you select the ones you find most pleasurable to view. Sometimes the participant is also asked to pick the color he or she finds most distasteful. The last question in the test requires the taker to rank fifteen or so colors from most to least pleasing. This spectral inquisition concludes by rewarding the participant with the best and second best occupational categories based upon the selected colors. Unless you are colorblind, in which case the exam classifies you as a dangerous sociopath and immediately notifies your local mental health officials.

I did very well, snagging awards in the highly coveted “creative” and “organizer” categories. Though I must confess, I have had a lot of practice recently as Jen and I have been arguing over color swatches for painting our bedroom.

If you want to try the test, you can find it here. It is based on the Dewey Color System. The website states that this is the only “scientifically validated color-based personality test.” I looked around a little bit but could not find out exactly what that means.  If you know what that means or if you can come up with a clever joke relating this to the Dewey Decimal System, please let me know.

Here is some color from Beaver Creek Valley State Park in Minnesota.