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- Title
PERSONALITY TRAITS AND COLOR CHOICES FOR HOUSE-TREE-PERSON DRAWlNGS.
- Authors
Marzolf, Stanley S.; Kirchner, John H.
- Abstract
The article presents a discussion on personality traits and color choices for house-tree-person drawings. According to the House-Tree-Person (HTP) theory, the more basic personality characteristics are revealed in chromatic drawings. During more than 25 years of chromatic HTP usage, hypotheses (presumably derived from clinical evidence regarding the probable significance of color choice) have been advanced. For example, it has been claimed that the use of purple may indicate paranoid tendencies or a need for power, that drawing a black and green tree indicates a schizo-affective reaction, and that the use of orange indicates an ambivalent attitude combining sensuality and hostility. Such hypotheses are difficult to validate but it is feasible to correlate color choices with measured personality traits.
- Subjects
PERSONALITY; COLORS; HOUSE-Tree-Person Technique; MENTAL health; PSYCHOLOGY; PROJECTIVE techniques
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1973, Vol 29, Issue 2, p240
- ISSN
0021-9762
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/1097-4679(197304)29:2<240::AID-JCLP2270290226>3.0.CO;2-X