I am constantly fascinated with orders and organizations of groups, mostly because the grouping units MUST be different enough to warrant their inclusion in the larger grouping. And those different enough represent an opportunity for polarization. So let us look at the seven elements of art and see how they could utilized in polarizing characters. We will have to try to render each element as a personality.

Colour: Color is the visual perception seen by the human eye. Colour Personalities are often natural leaders as they can see something special in everyone. Able to differentiate between subtle shades or varieties of shape or form, Colours look for what works best together and who should remain apart. The most analytical of Colours is the Saturated Colour Personality who can get stuck in making plans and forming tactics focusing on what degrees of capability each piece on the board may represent.

Value: refers to how adding black or white to colour changes the shade of the original colour. Therefore a Value Personality might be someone who is constantly assessing a situation. Identifying the positive from the negative, the good from the bad, the law from the chaos. Never sleep on a Value, they will look right through your soul.

Form: Form gives shape to a piece of art, whether it is the constraints of a line in a painting or the edge of the sculpture whether it is two-dimensional or three. A Form Personality feels interconnected with all living things, and provides complete acceptance to the nature of who others are, and what the world represents. There is nothing beyond the way things appear. They are, definitively good and useful for who or what they are.

Line: A line in art is primarily a dot or series of dots. The dots form a line, which can vary in thickness, colour, and shape. Therefore always look to a Line Personality for analytical understanding. Seeing all things in a mathematical vein, the Line can make specific point-to-point connections and build their world, their relationships and their job one connective point at a time.

Shape: The shape of the artwork can have many meanings. The shape can be geometric (known shape) or organic (free form shape). Space and shape go together in most artworks. Shape Personalities are quick to judge based on what they know of someone or something. They are aware that various elements put together different situations, but if you are aware of the basics of what’s going on around you, a picture of accuracy soon appears. Shape folks may judge something or some group as being the same until they recognize how their shape differentiates from the others in their “class” or unit.

Space: Space is the area around the focal point of the art piece and might be positive or negative, shallow or deep, open, or closed. Space personalities often operate in polar extremes. They are either ecstatic or angry, morose or joyful, quiet or loud. They need their privacy to identify where they fit with others, but find themselves drawn to Shapes as they understand each other. Shape understands Space’s binary moods, and Space leans on Shape to explain to them who others are, as others can be confusing to them.

Texture: Texture can be rough or smooth to the touch. Texture Personalities can come across as contrary to what they truly are. Appearing coarse or gruff in nature, the heart of one Texture may be soft and sensitive. Appearing to be beautiful and unaffected, a Texture may be explosive or bitter. Unlike Space which is dual in nature, Texture is much more varied providing hidden depths only available to those willing to reach out and risk.