I'd like to try an experiment.

DO NOT READ THE RESPONSES TO THIS POST UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE HIT REPLY AND ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS.

For each word listed here, write down a color. Copy the words here and then fill in your answer. There is no right or wrong answer.

And no reading the responses until after you have posted your answers.

Ready? Copy the following list, hit reply, paste the list, and put a color after each word.

1. HAPPY -

2. SAD -

3. BLUE -

4. LONELY -

5. LIGHT -

6. AIRY -

7. WATER -

8. COLD -

9. CHILDISH -

10. SUNSET -

11. ARROGANT -

12. RAINY -

13. MIDNIGHT -

14. REFLECTIVE -

15. WAR -

Since the test answers will show up when you look up "Today's Active Topics" and BabsLights doesn't want people to see anyone else's answers before they take the test themselves, I think I should fill up the space at the beginning of this post with something else. But suddenly my mind is a blank. Let's see...here's something: I've been enjoying my TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages) course very much.

1. HAPPY - bright pink

2. SAD - grey

3. BLUE - blue

4. LONELY - dark green

5. LIGHT - light blue

6. AIRY - white

7. WATER - deep blue

8. COLD - ice blue

9. CHILDISH - yellow

10. SUNSET - orange

11. ARROGANT - ?? nothing comes to mind

12. RAINY - grey

13. MIDNIGHT - black

14. REFLECTIVE - again, nothing

15. WAR - brown

<small>[ 14 November 2003, 11:07 AM: Message edited by: djb ]</small>

Well, that didn't work, because the preview in "Today's Active Topics" doesn't update, apparently, once you've edited the post. So here's a new post intended to keep new test-takers from being influenced by my answers to the test.

1. HAPPY - yellow

2. SAD - grey

3. BLUE - grey

4. LONELY - grey

5. LIGHT - yellow

6. AIRY - orange

7. WATER - blue

8. COLD - white

9. CHILDISH - pink

10. SUNSET - red

11. ARROGANT - purple

12. RAINY - grey

13. MIDNIGHT - Dark Blue

14. REFLECTIVE - green

15. WAR - Red

I like this one. It's fun. Interesting what some of the answers are. Where's our friend salzberg?

1. HAPPY - yellow

2. SAD - cadet blue

3. BLUE - blue

4. LONELY - grey

5. LIGHT - yellow white

6. AIRY - light blue

7. WATER - turquoise

8. COLD - blue white

9. CHILDISH - pink

10. SUNSET - orange

11. ARROGANT - purple

12. RAINY - grey

13. MIDNIGHT - navy

14. REFLECTIVE -maroon

15. WAR - red

<small>[ 14 November 2003, 12:58 PM: Message edited by: LMCtech ]</small>

1. HAPPY - Red

2. SAD - Grey

3. BLUE - Grey

4. LONELY - Blue

5. LIGHT - Orange

6. AIRY - Light blue

7. WATER - Light blue

8. COLD - Light blue

9. CHILDISH - Pink

10. SUNSET - Brown

11. ARROGANT - Purple

12. RAINY - Gray

13. MIDNIGHT - Black

14. REFLECTIVE - White

15. WAR - Black

1. HAPPY - GAM160 (light pink)

2. SAD - Rosco 68 (dark blue)

3. BLUE - Lee 119 (darker blue, w/ a hint of green)

4. LONELY - GAM 111 (because, after all, "one is the loneliest number....")

5. LIGHT - Rosco 03 (very pale amber, with a lot of pink)

6. AIRY - Rosco 57 + Lee 161 (light lavender and sky blue)

7. WATER - R67 (light blue/green)

8. COLD - R69 (darker blue/green)

9. CHILDISH - R37 (light rose pink)

10. SUNSET - L176/L106/R22/L161 (pinkish amber/primary red/dark amber/sky blue)

11. ARROGANT - R27 (primary red)

12. RAINY - L161/R56 (sky blue/dark lavender)

13. MIDNIGHT - L119 (primary blue, w/green)

14. REFLECTIVE - Rosco #03909 (mylar mirror)

15. WAR - L106 (red)

<small>[ 18 November 2003, 04:13 AM: Message edited by: salzberg ]</small>

More people, please. Especially those who are dancers and most especially choreographers.

HAPPY - All the colours of the Rainbow

2. SAD - Grey

3. BLUE - Blue

4. LONELY - Brown

5. LIGHT - Pale Yellow

6. AIRY - Yellow

7. WATER - Sky Blue

8. COLD - Ice Blue

9. CHILDISH - yellow

10. SUNSET - yellow/orange

11. ARROGANT - Red/Black

12. RAINY - Grey/White

13. MIDNIGHT - Blue/Black

14. REFLECTIVE - Green

15. WAR - Sepia

Hey just had an observation that I have to share.... I noticed that the most common colour so far for CHILDISH is PINK! (Considering a child can be either male or female ....no I am definitely not going there

And the least common color so far for childish is R37 (or is that just another way of saying pink?).

if the least common colour for Childish is PINK, what would the most common colour for Childish be? (and pleased don't say pink of a varying shade). I would be rather curious for the opinion of a colour therapist!

1. HAPPY - red

2. SAD - blue

3. BLUE - gray

4. LONELY - beige

5. LIGHT - ivory

6. AIRY – sky blue

7. WATER –light green

8. COLD – ice blue

9. CHILDISH - yellow

10. SUNSET - orange

11. ARROGANT - red

12. RAINY - gray

13. MIDNIGHT - black

14. REFLECTIVE – light purple

15. WAR –brown

I literally used the first colors that came into my head. I’m going to read the rest of the thread now!

Except for war, I pretty much reacted instinctively. At war, I had to think... Strange... I drew a blank and hence I equated that to darkness and therefore black.

<small>[ 17 November 2003, 11:36 PM: Message edited by: Azlan ]</small>

Salzberg, would you mind translating your answers into layman's terms?