What's Your Paint Personality?

Sunny yellows, soothing blues, revved-up reds...every color has an innate character. That may be why the hues we’re most at home with reflect traits of our own. Want to know more? Take our paint-color quiz to find shades that will suit.

- Kate Wood

YOU ARE... EASYGOING

Cool as a cucumber? That notably chill vegetable evokes the color of these paneled walls. “If you gravitate to shades like this, you’re someone who likes to keep your cool,” says Bonnie Krims, a color consultant based in Concord, Massachusetts. “The color feels like a breath of fresh air.” Pairing this lighter yellow-green above the chair rail with a deeper, blue-tinged one below creates a laid-back look, which gets a welcome dose of sophistication from the sharp silhouettes of the black mid-century-style furnishings.

OR TRY: Colors inspired by the natural world, like these shades of green, match your serene outlook.

YOU ARE... UPBEAT