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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

The Lüscher color test is a psychological test invented by Dr. Max Lüscher in Basel, Switzerland. Max Lüscher believed that sensory perception of color is objective and universally shared by all, but that color preferences are subjective, and that this distinction allows subjective states to be objectively measured by using test colors. Lüscher believed that because the color selections are guided in an unconscious manner, they reveal the person as they really are, not they perceive themselves or would like to be perceived. The results of the Lüscher-Color-Diagnostic contain indications pertaining to personal assessment and special, professional recommendations as to how psychological stress and the resulting physical symptoms can be avoided. It also offers additional information for verbal and homeopathic therapy. Proponents of the test claim this method allows a rapid and deep personality analysis from only this color ranking information. A 1984 comparison of the Lüscher color test and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory found little agreement between the two tests, prompting the authors to urge cautious use of the former. However, further in depth study other than the MMPI would be required before Lüscher's processes are totally disregarded.

Lüscher Colour Test

Test (C) by Test Verlag, Basel, 1948.
Program (C) by Kai Arste, 2000.
Welcome to my on-line version of the (shorter) personality test designed by Dr. Max Lüscher, based on colour choices. In this test, the subject twice selects eight colours in the order of liking them, and the interpretation is based on these choices. For further details of the test, and of the theory behind it, you are referred to one of the books in which the test has been published.
This is a 'deep' test, in that the interpretations can be quite personal, and so it is advisable to be cautious with the outcome; not only can it occasionally be upsetting, it can also be 'far off the mark'. The test should not be treated as a game or used as a weapon in personal disputes; but it can serve as an interesting starting point for conversations -- if only about the ways in which the test's interpretations may not apply in a particular case.
Note that the transactions over the Internet are not secure, and that your choices and the page of the interpretation may be kept in your local cache, but that no results will be stored on the server where the program is running.
Click here to start the test, (or you can close the window.) Thank you for your interest in my little programming exercise. Enjoy.
Note: in this version the test only works on browsers that are DOM-compliant, which should include IE 5.5 or above and NN 6.0 or above, (but not NN 4.7.)

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