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The Four Temperaments Test

Sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, or melancholic? The 2,000-year-old model, scored on two continuous dimensions.

The four temperaments — sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, melancholic — are the oldest personality map in existence. Modern science kept the structure and renamed the axes: outward vs inward energy, and steady vs reactive emotion. This free 16-item test measures both.

Your temperament is the combination of your two results:

  • Sanguine — outward + steady
  • Choleric — outward + reactive
  • Phlegmatic — inward + steady
  • Melancholic — inward + reactive

About 4 minutes.

Validation status

Energy Direction · Reliability not yet published — 0 of 300 opted-in responses collected. We publish the coefficient the day we reach it.

Emotional Steadiness · Reliability not yet published — 0 of 300 opted-in responses collected. We publish the coefficient the day we reach it.

What these numbers mean, and what they don’t, is on the methodology page.

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16 questions · free · results are yours to share

Background reading: Temperaments.