Real Colors Helps Participants Understand Their Personality Types

Published: 2022
By Trent Noel

Blaine County MSU Extension agents Trent Noel and Juli Snedigar co-facilitated a Real Colors program with Montana State University-Northern Resident Assistants and Ambassadors. Real Colors is a personality instrument that describes a person’s temperaments as one of four colors: Green, Blue, Gold, and Orange. All participants use all four colors daily but primarily use two of the colors. Class participants learn their primary color and then group up with other participants with the same color. The color groups of participants then create a poster with the personality values for that color. The group then presents its values to everyone else. Participants learn the needs of others and how to interact with other colors. One of the most valuable lessons is that everyone has a place on a team and differing values can offer different benefits. The group at Northern was very diversified and had fun learning the Real Colors Program.