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Character gallery
Sixteen fictional characters, two per color, read through our model. It's a playful way to see the colors in action, including the blind spots.
Crimson: The Trailblazer
Jo March
Jo runs before she walks: she cuts off her hair to raise money, writes at speed and argues her case. She is more interested in doing than in pleasing, and she'd rather improvise a life than follow the expected script.
Captain Ahab
Ahab is Crimson's blind spot written large: total commitment to one goal, no patience for caution and a crew that has stopped being asked. A warning label for every Trailblazer.
Cobalt: The Commander
Hermione Granger
Hermione makes the plan, reads the book first, organizes the study timetable and hands everyone their role. Fast, task-focused and structured: a textbook Commander who also cares more than she lets on.
Phileas Fogg
Fogg lives by the timetable and bets his fortune on a schedule. He's decisive under pressure and unflappable. Cobalt to the minute, with a Coral side that shows up when he rescues Aouda.
Amber: The Spark
Anne Shirley
Anne talks fast, feels everything and turns every lane into the 'White Way of Delight'. She lights up a room and occasionally sets it on fire. Amber, with a strong Violet imagination.
Ted Lasso
Ted coaches people first and football second, improvises with folksy one-liners and believes in his team before they do. Pure Amber warmth, with the very Amber struggle of facing his own hard feelings.
Coral: The Orchestrator
Leslie Knope
Leslie makes binders for her friends, plans Galentine's Day to the minute and loves her town fiercely. Fast, people-first and gloriously organized: the definitive Orchestrator.
Mary Poppins
Practically perfect in every way: brisk, organized and quietly devoted to the children in her care. She runs a tight ship so that the people in it can flourish.
Emerald: The Architect
Hercule Poirot
Poirot prizes 'order and method', straightens the mantelpiece and lets his little grey cells work slowly. Steady, task-focused and structured: an Architect of deduction.
Fitzwilliam Darcy
Darcy is reserved, principled and slow to speak, and he judges by evidence (eventually). He shows love through careful action rather than words, a very Emerald way to care.
Violet: The Visionary
Sherlock Holmes
Holmes broods for days, plays the violin at 3 a.m. and sees connections nobody else does. He ignores convention and follows ideas wherever they lead: a Visionary with bursts of Crimson action.
Willy Wonka
Wonka invents everlasting gobstoppers and lickable wallpaper, and he's happiest alone in his inventing room. Imagination first, rules optional, and people are a puzzle.
Gold: The Anchor
Samwise Gamgee
Sam packs the pans, remembers the salt and carries Frodo up the mountain. Loyal, steady and rooted in home: the Anchor every quest needs.
Marilla Cuthbert
Marilla runs Green Gables on routine and duty, and her love for Anne shows up as consistency rather than speeches. A classic Gold, slowly softened by an Amber child.
Sage: The Counselor
Gandalf
Gandalf listens, waits, asks the right question and lets others make their own choices. He's patient, wise and wanders where he's needed: the Counselor of Middle-earth.
Beth March
Beth is gentle, shy and deeply attentive to others. She gives quietly and asks for little. Her steadiness and empathy make her the calm center of the March family.