So I was checking out the 4 temperaments thing cause I got incensed (
) by the description and I realized you can be a blend between 2 temperaments.I prefer mbti and socionics though, much more rigorous it seems....
Blends
There are only four temperaments, but that's a very limiting number, so it's more useful to describe people in terms of temperament
blends.
These blends consist of a primary and secondary temperament, such as MelancholicPhlegmatic or CholericSanguine. The order is important; a MelancholicPhlegmatic blend is noticeably different to a PhlegmaticMelancholic one.
The primary temperament describes the most obvious part of a person's personality, while the secondary one just serves to flesh it out in more detail.
They're called 'blends' and not 'pairs' for a reason. A MelancholicCholeric person does not have a 'melancholic half' and a 'choleric half', as if inhabited by two different people.
This is like how purple light is made up of red and blue, but it can't be said to have a 'red side' or to be 'blue sometimes'. The blended colour is distinct from both blue and red and neither can be isolated, despite it being made from them both.