I went quiet last week and I owe you a quick explanation for that. Last Friday was my last day in my corporate job. Twenty-plus years in pharma market research, and nine with my most recent company/team. I am only 52 but decided to take the big jump into the unknown. The unknown, while a bit scary, is where the best things happen, right? [No seriously...right????] It was a lot more emotional than I expected, which is a very un-ESTJ thing to admit. (My Te would like me to tell you it was a smooth and well-executed transition. My Si would like me to tell you I cried more than once....which I did...many times) But I'm back now, and I am excited to have the time now to really focus on this community. No more carving time out in the early morning or late evening or even between meetings time. Actual time. So before I build out what the next few months look like here, I want to know what you actually want more of. What threads do you want to pull on? What's sitting unresolved for you from what we've covered so far?

📊 UPDATE: You can now add your entry directly to the live tracker at mbti-color-season.netlify.app — just scroll down to the entry form. The dataset and charts update in real time! ________________________________________________________________________________ Many of you have already shared your type and season somewhere in the group (the welcome thread, comments, DMs). I'm asking you to drop it here again so I can have it all in one place and start looking at patterns. 👩‍🎓🔍 What I hope to explore, to start, is whether type correlates with anything measurable on the color side (or vice versa). I'll share patterns back with the group as the data set builds and use what comes in to shape the next round of research questions. If you have a pattern you're curious about, drop it in the comments. This is a collective effort. 🧪 The grid starts here. In the future, I will tag new members here so they can continue to add to the data. Drop your information below using this format: MBTI type | color season | any contested or alternate results Example: ESTJ | Dark Autumn | also tested as Deep Winter 👇 If you only have one of the two, drop what you know. Partial data still counts.

You know your undertone. Cool, or warm, or somewhere in between. The question is what you actually do with that on an ordinary morning when you're standing in front of your closet holding two tops that both seem fine. The answer depends less on the colors than on how you process information. And S vs. N is one of the clearest differences I've seen. If you have a Sensing preference (S): You work with what's in front of you. Abstract principles don't stick as reliably as concrete reference points, so the most useful undertone check is a physical one. You probably already have at least one piece in your wardrobe that you know works. Use it. Hold the new item next to something confirmed, and let your eye tell you whether it reads the same or pulls differently. You're not analyzing the theory. You're observing a direct comparison. That's your data. If you have an Intuitive preference (N): You're more likely to work from the principle. Once you understand that your undertone describes where your coloring sits on the warm-cool spectrum, you can apply that framework to evaluate a new color before you even hold it up. The question you're asking is: does this color pull yellow-gold, or does it pull blue-violet? You'll often make that call quickly and trust it, because you're pattern-matching against a concept you've already internalized. Same attribute. Same Tuesday morning. Two completely different access points — and both of them valid. Which one sounds more like how you actually navigate a color decision? Or do you find yourself switching depending on the day?

I've had my colors analyzed more than once. And I'm probably what you'd call a difficult case — in more ways than one. My actual color attributes are genuinely ambiguous. And my personality? I ask a lot of questions. I want to understand exactly why something works, where the edges are, and how to apply it consistently. At some point I realized I had essentially built a personal operating system for color. Not because I'm obsessive, because that's how I process information. I systematize. It's the only way results actually stick for me. Getting to something that held didn't come from a single result. It came from testing, refining, and understanding where the framework broke down. So I'm curious. Have you been able to actually use your color results consistently? Or does it still feel like something you have to keep reinterpreting every time?

What made you keep going with color analysis or personality typing past the first result? Most people don't stop at one. There's a first season, a first type, a first "that's me" moment and then something pulls you back in. Another system, another analyst, another framework. For me it's because each one adds a data point. No single system gives you the complete picture, but layer enough of them and something starts to come into focus. That's what hooked me, not the first answer, but the way each answer made the next one more useful. Where are you in that process? Just starting, deep in it, or somewhere in the middle trying to make sense of what you've already collected?