True Colors® personality assessment
Unlock Personality Insights for Stronger Teams with True Colors®
True Colors® is a proven personality assessment and team building program trusted by Fortune 500 companies like Google, Amazon, Salesforce, and Marriott for over 45 years. Using four colors—Orange, Gold, Green, and Blue—this research-based system helps teams improve communication, navigate conflict, and build stronger workplace culture through a shared language of personality understanding. Based on the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator and the work of Dr. David Keirsey, True Colors offers a research-based approach to understanding human behavior and motivation.
At Synergy Learning Systems, we bring True Colors® to life. Through dynamic, experiential activities and hands-on challenges, your team doesn’t just learn about personality types—they experience them in action. This interactive approach helps the insights stick, creating real behavioral change that translates directly to how people work together.
how true colors works
Participants complete a short assessment and receive their True Colors style. Our True Colors® International certified facilitators then lead engaging small-group discussions where team members explore how their style interacts with others — why the detail-oriented Gold might clash with the spontaneous Orange, or how the relationship-focused Blue can better connect with the analytical Green. We pair the assessment with hands-on team building activities so participants experience styles in action, not just on paper.
The Four True Colors® Personality Types:
Orange – Energetic, spontaneous, action-oriented. Thrives on flexibility and hands-on problem-solving.
Gold – Organized, dependable, detail-oriented. Values structure, planning, and follow-through.
Green – Analytical, independent, logical. Seeks knowledge, competency, and strategic thinking.
Blue – Empathetic, compassionate, relationship-driven. Prioritizes harmony and meaningful connections.
why True Colors® works at synergy learning
✔ Proven & Trusted – 45+ years, thousands of organizations worldwide, Fortune 500 validated
✔ Shared Language – Creates common vocabulary that aligns teams and reduces miscommunication
✔ Experiential & Engaging – Synergy’s interactive activities make learning memorable and actionable
✔ Immediate Application – Teams practice new approaches in real time, not just in theory
✔ Business Results – Improves retention, reduces conflict, strengthens hiring and onboarding
✔ Expert Facilitation – Delivered by certified True Colors® facilitators with deep expertise
who benefits
All employees building workplace relationships, management teams developing emotional intelligence, sales teams improving customer interactions, cross-functional teams reducing friction, and organizations creating stronger workplace culture. Scalable for any team size and appropriate for groups ranging from corporate, non-profit, education, healthcare, government, and athletics sectors. True Colors impactful for everyone; new hires or senior leaders, newly formed teams or well-established teams.
Insightful, interactive, and proven—True Colors® with Synergy Learning Systems transforms how teams connect and collaborate.
True Colors® success stories
“I have used True Colors in the past three companies I have worked for and although the products, services, goals and values of each company have been different, the message of True Colors has been beneficial and meaningful in each. […] True Colors takes people away from feeling as if they are being put into a box to truly understand why they function the way they do.”
Molly Hill, Consumer Group Organizational Capability - Washington Mutual Inc.
“Over 800 of our 1200 employee base has had True Colors Training. It has become a key component of our “Learning Environment” Program and is the heart of our team building and diversity training. This has been a major influence on our ability to work together to achieve goals and to appreciate what each individual brings to the table. We are stronger and happier as a result.”
Nikki Hanna, Vice President - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma
“I would say that True Colors has been utilized at Ford in a few different ways: a) as an icebreaker in our Mentoring Launches, aiding a mentoring partnership in it’s beginning stages, b) Team Development through the use of the True Colors tool...sparks fun and interesting dialogue within a team, inviting a person to develop more understanding of their teammates strengths and suggestions for brightening their paler colors, c) enhancing diversity through “thought styles” and “understanding strengths” on an individual’s True Colors.”
Cathy Kansman, Training Department - Ford Motor Company
frequently asked…
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Blue: Relational, harmonious, authentic
Green: Analytical, curious, intellectual
Gold: Procedural, organized, dependable
Orange: Spontaneous, action-biased, fun
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Part of what makes True Colors such a great tool is how scalable it is! We’ve had successful sessions with group sizes ranging from fewer than 5 participants up to 200-300 participants.
We’ll help design a workshop experience that’s right for your team — no matter what size!
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We offer True Colors workshop designs that provide a quick introduction in less than 1-hour.
We also have half-day and full-day designs that include an experiential element.
We’ll work with your key stakeholders to design a session to deliver high impact in the time you have available.
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That’s no problem! As with any style assessment, an individual’s True Colors style may change over time. Even if it hasn’t, our True Colors workshops provide a great opportunity to deepen understanding of your own style and — very importantly — the styles of your peers.
Our Facilitator’s are also experienced in other common style assessments and can help to draw connections between different models to strengthen understanding.
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Anyone who communicates! Regardless of industry, experience, role, or rank, True Colors is an important tool to improve communication, leadership skills, boost empathy, and increase efficiency.
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Yes! We offer virtual True Colors session that can be hosted via Zoom.
True Colors is especially helpful for geographically dispersed and remote teams as they must navigate additional barriers to communication.