Every color evokes different feelings in us. Similarly, each color has an associated “color personality.” If you’re extroverted and exuberant, you might have a yellow personality. If your color personality is pink, you might be gentle and caring.
Our world is a rainbow of different colors and personality traits, but not every personality is bright and eye-catching. What if your personality color is brown?
Compared to the other exciting colors your personality could be, brown might sound like a letdown. But the brown personality is much more deep and nuanced than many people give it credit for. Are you a brown personality? Let’s take a closer look.
What’s a Brown Color Personality?
You might think of brown as a flat, boring color and assume the brown personality is the same. But that couldn’t be further from the truth! Brown personalities are complex individuals with an array of good qualities. If you recognize a significant portion of the traits mentioned below in yourself, you just might have a brown personality.
Here are some characteristics associated with brown and also seen in the brown color personality.
The Brown Personality: Positive Traits
As a color, brown gives off a sense of stability and warmth. Not surprisingly, those qualities are reflected in many of the positive traits of brown personalities.
A Love for Nature
Brown is easily the most abundant color in the natural world, so it stands to reason that brown personalities feel very connected to the natural world. If you’re a brown personality, you likely find solace in the world of nature. When you start to feel stressed or overwhelmed, there’s nothing quite like a hike through the woods or a swim in a lake to refresh you.
Groundedness
Brown is also the color of the earth (at least in most areas), so browns are naturally quite down-to-earth people. This sense of groundedness and practicality helps them to be effective problem solvers. If a brown personality runs into an issue, they will confront it head-on. Their groundedness can also be very helpful to others, particularly if they are facing issues of their own.
Sincerity
The sincerity of the brown personality goes hand-in-hand with groundedness. Browns are not deceptive or manipulative, and they often don’t understand why some other personality types like to twist the truth. These personalities say what they mean, but they have a gift for doing so tactfully.
Kindness
People with brown personalities have a love for all living things, and they treat other people with kindness and compassion. They treat others with respect. However, their kindness does not mean they’re pushovers. On the contrary, they have a great deal of self-respect and expect the same respect from others.
Frugality
Brown personality types have an appreciation for the physical comforts in life, but they are generally content to lead a life of simplicity as well. That doesn’t mean they don’t have an appreciation for the finer things in life, though.
Brown personalities don’t often spend their money on non-essentials. When they do, they like to purchase high-quality items. For instance, even though a brown personality might be content with a small, simple house, they will likely purchase high-quality furniture that will last a long time.
Loyalty
Browns value human connection and their relationships with family members and close friends. They are very loyal. However, if a loved one or acquaintance does something (intentional or unintentional) to hurt them, a brown personality will not hesitate to stand up for themselves.
Dependability
Some color personalities are flaky and unpredictable, but that doesn’t describe the brown personality at all! Browns value punctuality, and if they say they’ll do something, they do it. This quality makes them great coworkers, employees, and friends. Brown personalities expect the same reliability from other people, and they often become frustrated when they don’t get it.
Individuality
Brown personalities are the types of people who forge relationships because they want them — not because they need them. Browns have a strong sense of self, but they also value their connections with other people.
Sensitivity
Brown personalities are grounded and perseverant. They may be rugged on the outside, but they are also highly sensitive people. This type of sensitivity goes both ways. Browns are quite sensitive to the needs of other people, but they also feel things deeply, and their feelings may be easily hurt.
The Brown Personality: Negative Traits
There’s a lot to love about the brown personality. But like any other personality type, the brown personality has its flaws. If you’re a brown or know someone who is, you might notice some of these less-than-ideal traits.
Predictability
Depending on your opinions, predictability might not be all that bad of a trait. But some browns are so reliable and grounded that they might start to feel like their life lacks excitement. To adventurous color personalities like orange, the predictability of brown personalities may come off as boring.
A Need for Control
As you saw above, brown personalities are very measured people who like security. Sometimes, that desire for security leads to a desire to control things they can’t. Browns don’t like uncertainty, and what seems like an adventure to someone else might be a high-stress situation for the brown personality.
This type of mindset can lead to a lot of stress over time, so it might behoove brown personalities to work on it a bit. When you learn to let go of what you can’t control, you’ll probably find that your life becomes much happier!
Resistance to Change
Many brown personalities prefer to primarily live in their own little worlds. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that, but when that bubble is disrupted, the brown personality may have some trouble coping. Fortunately, their groundedness can help them adapt once they adjust to their initial discomfort.
What Types of Careers Are Good for Brown Personalities?
You shouldn’t pick your career based solely on your color personality. But the whole point of color personalities is to help you understand yourself and your character traits. When you gain that understanding, you’ll be better equipped to choose a career you find fulfilling.
If you’re a brown personality, you might find that some of these careers suit you:
Chef
Most brown personalities are deeply connected to the Earth. So it makes sense that a good portion of them also enjoy crafting quality meals from natural ingredients. Plenty of brown personalities love to garden and cook at home, and some of them choose to make it a career path!
Farmer
For hardworking browns who enjoy physical activity, farming might be the perfect career path. It involves working closely with nature, and it also requires you to have a solid, stable routine.
Sales Representative
For more people-oriented brown personalities, working as a sales representative can be an excellent choice. Many browns exude calm and warmth, and they come across as being very trustworthy — all great traits for salespeople to have. This is also a job that comes with a relatively stable routine.
Dental Hygienist
For the easygoing brown personality, working as a dental hygienist can be rewarding. Most dental hygienists are quite personable, and they’re great at helping anxious patients feel more at ease at the dentist’s office.
Some people might find a job like this to be too repetitive. But since brown personalities find comfort and reassurance in routine, working as a dental hygienist may be just right.
What If You Don’t Like Brown?
Brown isn’t exactly a popular favorite color. But if you dislike it, it may help you learn a bit more about yourself. If you’re someone who really doesn’t like brown, you may discover that some of these characteristics fit you:
You’re More of a Dreamer
Brown personalities are the type of people to have their feet planted firmly on the ground. But if you’re a dreamy personality type, you’re just the opposite! More often than not, “dreamy” people don’t like brown. Or at the very least, they strongly prefer other colors.
Routine Bores You
For some personality types, routine is something that provides comfort and structure. For others, it can feel suffocating or excessively dull. Brown is often connected to routine and predictability, so if you don’t like it, you may be someone who prefers life with a little less structure.
You Find Practical People to Be Dull and Boring
Not all personality types mesh well, and if you don’t like brown, you might be bored by people who are more practical and down-to-earth. That doesn’t necessarily mean you dislike those with brown color personalities — you may just prefer to be surrounded by like-minded, spontaneous people.
You’re Spontaneous
Some people take great joy in spur-of-the-moment adventures and other activities. If you’re the type to wake up on a Saturday morning and decide to go on a weekend road trip, you may feel slowed down or stymied by the brown personality. Browns generally need more notice before they decide to do something different from their typical routine.
You Enjoy Sophisticated Pursuits
Brown is a color that connotes simplicity, and many brown personalities are perfectly comfortable with simple (but high-quality) surroundings. Some people might prefer more opulent surroundings or have a penchant for collecting expensive things. If you enjoy these things, you might find that you dislike brown.
What Can Your Personality Color Teach You About Yourself?
Much like interpreting dreams, some people take a dictionary-style approach to color personalities — they assume that someone needs to match 100% of the characteristics of a given personality.
However, the reality is less clear-cut. Two people with the same color personality won’t be exactly the same. Very few people have only one color personality as well. For most of us, our personalities are a blend of two or more colors.
All that is to say that you shouldn’t treat color personalities as an exact science. There’s a whole lot of wiggle room when it comes to finding your own color personality. Take your time and enjoy this new journey of self-discovery!
Learn more about other personality colors and find out what they say about people.
