Read the RoomAfter Thomas Erikson · Surrounded by Idiots
Which color are you?
A short, opinionated assessment that sorts you into one of four behavioral types — and tells you what living well as that color actually looks like.
Red
Dominant, driven, direct.
≈ 9% of people
Yellow
Inspiring, social, optimistic.
≈ 9% of people
Green
Stable, supportive, patient.
≈ 40% of people
Blue
Analytical, precise, methodical.
≈ 18% of people
* Remaining ≈24% are two-color blends — the most common form.
The Method
- DDominance
- IInfluence
- SStability
- CCompliance
This is DISC — short for Dominance, Influence, Stability, Compliance — the personality framework introduced in William Moulton Marston's 1928 book Emotions of Normal People. Walter Clarke turned it into a four-letter assessment in the 1950s, and Swedish author Thomas Erikson popularized the color-coded version in Surrounded by Idiots (2014).
It maps behavior onto four colors — Red, Yellow, Green, Blue — each with its own strengths, blind spots, and natural tensions. Most people are a blend of two. The questions ahead will surface which one leads. Answer honestly — there are no right colors, only useful ones.