How the Green (Visual) Vector Helps and Hinders Us in Managing Life Events

In my book "8 Color Psychotypes," I often compare the Green vector to a delicate flower that needs to be protected and nurtured. This reflects the typical difficulties that those with a visual vector face in managing the events of their lives. However, let’s not forget that even a delicate flower can sometimes break through asphalt, and Life creates all the conditions for this miracle.

We will discuss the Green's ability for visualization and other advantages of this vector in the second part.

But for now, let’s focus on the most important thing:

How the Green (Visual) Vector Hinders Us in Managing the Events of Our Lives

1. Dependence on the Opinions of Others

I have described a similar quality in my article about the Orange vector, but there it was a bit different. For a person with the skin vector, it's important not to stand out from the crowd, to be "fitted" into societal norms and rules, so that no one says they're "not like everyone else."

For a Visual person, on the contrary, the desire is to stand out and attract attention. Their problem lies in their inability to handle negative evaluations from others.

I often observe a striving to be the “good girl” among half of the women I work with in workshops and consultations. This quality is also frequently found in men gifted with a pronounced Green vector.

The issue is that if you want to follow Your Path (in self-realization, work, or personal relationships), you are unlikely to receive full approval from all significant people in your life.

For those with a Green vector, the number of significant people (referred to in psychology as the “reference group”) is too large. (In pathological cases, it can approach the number of people on the planet.)

The opposite vector in this sense is the Red vector, whose reference group often consists of just one person — himself.

And then there’s the Violet vector, which is even more extreme, where the reference group can be zero: “Even my own opinion doesn’t matter to me” (a case of “principled unprincipledness”).

Thus, the Green often requires considerable effort and a certain level of maturity to follow their destiny rather than conform to the expectations of those around them.

2. Lack of Energy

Greens often struggle with energy levels: it is no coincidence that the biochemistry of this vector is referred to as "cold." Such a person typically has a lower body temperature and a weak immune system. Additionally, they often lack the energy and endurance to carry out everyday tasks. In some cultures, the delicacy of green women was highly valued; these ladies often fainted (which was seen as a sign of a refined nature), struggled to lift heavy objects, and habitually leaned on a solid male hand for support.

Even when a Green person makes decisions for themselves, they may find it challenging to implement those decisions: advocating for their opinions, facing resistance and obstacles, and continuing to move forward despite these challenges.

For this reason, Visual individuals rarely take on leadership roles. After all, what we typically refer to as charisma requires a much greater energy potential.

3. Suggestibility

The Green vector is the most suggestible among all eight. It doesn’t take much effort to steer them off their path. A few words spoken with strong emotions and the right facial expressions can convince them that "happiness" lies elsewhere. This technique has long been used by fortune-tellers who target easily swayed "Green" individuals from the crowd.

When it comes to more serious "sources of information," such as television, the internet, or flashy advertising, their goal is to divert our attention from ourselves, and the Green vector is more susceptible to this provocation than others.

Over time, a person may suddenly realize they have strayed too far from their Path, prompting them to seek another bright beacon because Greens cannot envision movement without clear external guidelines.

4. Infantilism and Irresponsibility

Don't perceive the word "infantilism" as an insult—it's simply a characteristic of how Greens relate to the world: "The world is big, and I am small..."

Only a child can dream the way an Green adult does, and only children (or "adult children") can experience real miracles in their lives. But we'll discuss the advantages of the Green vector in the second part of the article.

In terms of everyday life (in the absence of miracles), infantilism often borders on irresponsibility. This manifests in relationships with partners, their own children, and employers.

It's common to encounter Green individuals who devote a lot of time to caring for those around them. However, their own lives can often be completely disorganized.

The thing is, within us exists a certain "reserve of responsibility." This reserve is usually enough for ourselves, our underage children, and our elderly parents. It may also extend to those who have found themselves within our responsibility for external (often tragic) reasons. Beyond that, we don't have much "reserve of responsibility" left. If we start taking responsibility for someone outside of this circle, we often find ourselves lacking the reserve for those who truly need it. More often than not, it's the Greens who fall into this pattern.

5. Living Someone Else's Script

Another wonderful quality that can play a cruel trick on the Green vector is empathy — the ability to sympathize, empathize, and perceive the emotions of others as one's own.

A Green individual immerses themselves so deeply into the skin of those they empathize with that they begin to live a "foreign life." They become engrossed in the goals and "importances" of others, unconsciously seeking answers to someone else's questions.

If this quality is "cultured" (brought into reasonable boundaries and monetized), Greens can become excellent psychotherapists. However, they often do this selflessly—as they say, from a pure heart and a generous soul. Yet, this very tendency distances them from their own Soul and their own Path, ultimately leading to profound disappointment.

It is impossible to become truly happy while living someone else's life, even if it seems wonderful.

How the Green (Visual) Vector HELPS Us Manage the Events of Our Lives

1. Visualization

Among all the advantages of the Green vector, imagination and the ability to visualize hold a special place. A visual person can create such a clear and vivid image that Life instantly begins to realize it. In recent decades, there have been many scientific proofs and explanations of this phenomenon: how our thoughts create events in our lives. But not just any thoughts — only those that meet specific criteria.

So, why does visualization not work for everyone, but only for a small portion of people? There are several reasons for this.

а) Greens often overload their visual image with excessive emotions. I don’t mean to say that the image should be emotionally neutral or lifeless—no, not at all. It should be bright and rich, but without going overboard. The problem is that Greens sometimes live on the edge of emotional explosion. On one hand, they find a special thrill and fullness of life in this; on the other hand, they create such “turbulence” in the space that the clear and pure energy of the image gets lost in this stormy flow. Just as we stop seeing the stars in the sky when we look at a colorful firework display.

Therefore, the ability to handle emotions properly is extremely important for the visual vector. This isn’t about suppressing emotions (which can only push the vector into neurosis), but rather about simple principles that allow a Green to live a full and rich life.

b) Greens often overload their dreams with excessive “importance” (let’s not confuse this with emotions). “If I dream of my beloved man, dreaming with all my soul, how can I possibly live another six months without him?!” “If I dream of having a child, I think about it 20 hours a day! Everything else fades and loses significance next to this goal!” Well, what can I say? Most likely, neither will happen. Or if they do, it will be in a way that doesn’t bring joy… Life does not like it when we create “importances”—nature always eliminates excess potentials.

Therefore, the Eastern principle of “wanting without wanting” is quite true, but it is too complex for our Western thinking. Especially for the Green vector.

c) Excessive Specificity. One frequent question in training is, “How specific should the visual image be for it to manifest in life more quickly (and accurately)?” Here, the golden mean is important. If the image is too vague (“I want happiness”), it will be impossible to focus thoughts, and the visualization will not work. On the other hand (and this is often a pitfall for Greens), excessive specificity can hinder you from seeing your dream, and you may simply walk past your fortune.

2. Dreaminess

This quality is sometimes criticized in the Green vector, contrasting it with the active life stance and vigorous activity in the external world. However, it's not that simple.

By connecting with our dreams (especially childhood dreams), we tap into that part within us that has a clear sense of where our Path lies and what our Purpose is. To enter this state, we need to temporarily disconnect from the external world and our active endeavors, turning inward to the yearnings of our Soul.

Only three vectors are capable of this: the Green (visual), Blue (auditory), and Vialet (olfactory). These vectors possess an amazing potential to receive information seemingly from nowhere ("from the informational field"), including information about solutions to the most complex life challenges.

Thus, the ability to dream, as well as the skill to connect with childhood dreams, is not a waste of time but a true "tool" for managing the events of our present lives. The key is to learn how to use it effectively.

3. Attentiveness to Signs

What are "signs"? They are various events (external signs) or states (internal signs) that stand out from the usual flow of life. I would say that "signs" and obstacles are the language through which Life engages in dialogue with us. We can either overlook them (ignore them) or, conversely, attribute excessive significance to them, even to the point of paranoia. However, neither approach will lead us to success. The purpose of "signs" is to capture our attention, to "wake" us up if we have become too deeply "asleep" in the flow of events and have stopped managing our lives. Therefore, we simply need to be attentive to signs—adequately attentive. This ability is particularly accessible to those with a Green vector.

4. Creativity

Creativity refers to the ability to look at things from an unusual perspective, to find what is not immediately visible, and to make unconventional decisions based on available (or missing) information.

This quality is also present in the Red vector, but it has a unique characteristic in the Green vector. Unlike Reds, Greens are creative only in a calm and comfortable environment, as this quality is linked to high intelligence (think of it as the size of a hard drive in computer terms). For a Green person, generating ideas in a stressful situation is not even worth considering: in a critical moment, their brain essentially shuts down, and they instinctively seek some form of protection from the outside world.

In contrast, Reds are at their most creative under stress, when time and resources are scarce. Their creativity is tied to the speed of thought (akin to processor speed), so for them, acceleration becomes a true driving force.

5. Positive Attitude Toward Life

This quality may be even more important than all the ones mentioned above. Green individuals are convinced that we all came into this world for joy and happiness, and I wholeheartedly agree with them. They sincerely believe that everything will be alright and that a miracle will happen, even when there are no apparent signs to support this belief.

In my book, I mentioned that it's easy to lift a Green's spirits due to the characteristics of their imaginative thinking. You can think of it as a film reel where, after a series of sad scenes, there might well be a sequence of joyful ones—that's just a feature of editing.

This incredible ability to instantly switch to a positive mindset after what seems like heavy emotional experiences is a unique trait of the Green personality. It allows them to create their future, regardless of past events! This quality can be developed and consciously applied. I would even say that it is a distinct "tool" that anyone can learn to use—not just those with a vivid Green vector, but everyone else as well.