Are you an extravert?

People wearing or near more saturated colours are perceived as being more extraverted and open to experience, than people who aren’t; apparently viewers judging others don’t consider the possibility that a sweater or shirt we’re wearing may have come to us via a sibling or cousin who is Marie Kondo’ing their life.

Pazda and Thorstenson found that people “surrounded by (or wearing) high-chroma [saturation] colours were perceived as more extraverted and open than when surrounded by (or wearing) low-chroma colours.”

A.Pazda and C. Thorstenson. 2019.  “Colour Intensity Increases Perceived Extraversion and Openness for Zero-Acquaintance Judgments.”  Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 147, pp. 118-127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid/2019.04.022

Bright saturated colours

Calm subdued colours