Color pie

a richer representation of the concept ("white" is shown in yellow)

About

The color pie or "color wheel" is a concept used by the card-trading game Magic: The Gathering (MtG) as a way of categorizing how individuals are motivated. Although it was created for usage in a fictional context, it seems to map fairly well to how real people are motivated.

The colors are shown on the back of every MtG card in a pentagonal pattern, such that each color is opposite two other colors which generally oppose that color's motivations (its "enemies"). Clockwise from the top, the colors are:

• white: order, peace, safety, community, civilization; following rules, and making sure other people follow them; absolutism
  • enemies: red, black
  • 2015-07-13: The Great White Way Revisited
  • politics: everyone should be treated equally, regardless of need; may buy into the fair world fallacy
• blue: perfection, purity, discovering yourself, opportunity
  • enemies: red, green
  • 2015-07-20 True Blue Revisited by Mark Rosewater
• black: amoral, success is all that matters, manipulation and deceit are acceptable tools
  • enemies: green, white
  • politics: right wing, might makes right
  • 2015-07-27 In the Black Revisited by Mark Rosewater
• red: impulse, spontaneity, love of sensation and immediate experience
  • enemies: white, blue
  • 2015-08-03 Seeing Red Revisited by Mark Rosewater
• green: acceptance, tradition, love of nature, distaste for artificial change
  • enemies: black, blue
  • 2015-08-10 It's Not Easy Being Green Revisited by Mark Rosewater

Fully-realized characters (or real-life individuals) most often consist of some combination of these traits, often including colors that are mutual "enemies". An example:

• blue, red, white:
  • 2014-11-03 Smart Thinking
    • Discussion: 2017-05-24 Google+

Links

• an example method of using colours to map characters
• MTG Wiki
• Wikipedia