All the rage on the girly blogs this week is the Pantone Birthday Colors Engine. Select your day of birth and the site shows you the specific shade on the Pantone scale that "reflects the very essence of your birthday." It's like astrology, but no, it's "colorstrology"!

For the most part, I'm on board with the assessment of my hue, #163307--Lavender Mist, though I am not crazy about the color itself. According to the knowledgeable folks at Pantone, I am a writer (check), creative (check), and emotionally complex (checkitty check check). I also have an urge to blame myself or others for misfortune (uh-huh), a thought pattern that can drain my energy and impede my growth (um, yeah.) But do I express myself more readily in a public forum than on a personal level? I'm not so sure.

How well does your Pantone Birthday Color correspond with the you you know?

(Sorry, September babies . . . your birth month and day colors "are currently in development." Lame!)