The Color, Assessment, A Collaborative Effort Of Shoya Zichy And Ann Bidou

The Color Q assessment, a collaborative effort of Shoya Zichy and Ann Bidou, is a simple quiz, evaluating a person’s actions, values, and thoughts in order to color-code them into different personality types (Zichy & Bidou, 2007). After taking the assessment, each participant will be presented with a primary personality color, a secondary personality color, and whether they are considered extroverted or introverted (Zichy & Bidou, 2007). The book then has subsequent chapters that explain the characteristics, traits, strengths and weaknesses, and potential career choices of each personality type (Zichy & Bidou, 2007).
After taking the assessment, my primary personality color was categorized as gold while my secondary personality color was blue. Gold personalities comprise 46% of the population (Zichy & Bidou, 2007, p. 186). The gold/blue personality is considered to “thrive on having many responsibilities for which [they] are recognized and appreciated” (Zichy & Bidou, 2007, p. 186) as well as “thorough, responsible and hard working” (Zichy & Bidou, 2007, p. 202). The text goes on to explain that many gold/blue personalities are Type A individuals, demanding in nature, duty-bound, logical, family focused, judgmental of others, accurate and decisive, as well as loyal to teammates (Zichy & Bidou, 2007).
I believe the gold/blue personality fits me perfectly, with the exception of an “unusually accurate memory” (Zichy & Bidou, 2007, p. 202); unfortunately, I cannot remember anything unless it is written down. While I have noted many of the key traits of these personality types in myself, I did not know that they were particular to them. I have always been a dedicated and hard-working individual, with high standards of myself as well...

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...only to serve my family. I constantly worry that my lack of work experience, even with a bachelor’s degree, will be to my detriment when I do look for employment. I love my family and would do anything for them, but I cannot fight the looming need to do something “more”. I would prefer to be content with my lot in life, even if it is only temporary.
Career Match and the Color Q Personality Assessment (Zichy & Bidou, 2007) has been very enlightening, affirming, and cause for deep personal analysis and reflection. My assessment of gold/blue/introverted has not only confirmed my personal suspicions but provided some insight into my strengths and weaknesses, not only as an employee but also as a person. I have found Career Match (Zichy & Bidou, 2007) to be an invaluable resource and greatly appreciate that it has provided me an opportunity to understand myself better.