I just took a neat online personality assessment test, based completely on selecting color preferences (I like looking at yellow more than teal, for example) where the results seem to be strangely more accurate than the ones I get every time I've had to take a Myers-Briggs assessment.

The test is called the Color Career Counselor, offered by CareerBuilder.com, and initial results are free. A more detailed report can be purchased.

The color test is based off of a patented Dewey Color System which is a validated personality testing instrument; the first to recognize the connection between personality and the four distinct color categories: Primary, Secondary, Achromatic, and Intermediate Colors. It claims to reveal who you really are - not who you believe yourself to be!

Anyway, my color preferences indicate that the occupation categories below best suit my personality and interests. I guess I'm lucky that being an engineer with a large corporation fits my personality decently enough!

BEST OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORY

You're an ORGANIZER

Key Words: Self-Control, Practical, Self-Contained, Orderly, Systematic, Precise, and Accurate

These conservative appearing, plotting-types enjoy organizing, data systems, accounting, detail, and accuracy. They often enjoy mathematics and data management activities such as accounting and investment management. Persistence and patience allows them to do detailed paperwork, operate office machines, write business reports, and make charts and graphs.

2nd BEST OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORY

You're a DOER

Key Words: Emotionally Stable, Reliable, High Energy, Practical, Thrifty, and Persistent

These adventurous types prefer action-oriented, concrete problems rather than dealing with thought-provoking, ambiguous, abstract dilemmas. Fields of interest include mechanical, construction, and outdoor careers. They might also enjoy working with machines, tools, and equipment to repair or build something.