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The Four Temperaments Test
20 questions, and at the end all four scores and their blends
Since antiquity, the medical tradition inherited from Hippocrates and Galen has described four major temperaments, thought to color our emotions, our relationships and how we react to the world. This test places you on all four at once: at the end you see all four scores and their blends, not a single type. It is a historical model rather than a clinical measure, and we would rather say that before you start. The calculation runs in your browser, with no email and no account.
Based on Hippocrates' four temperaments theory
Content updated in September 2026
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- Questions
- 20 questions
- Actual median time
- 4 min 50 s
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Observed profile distribution
Based on 1,128 recorded completions.
- Phlegmatic
- 31.4%
- Melancholic
- 25.1%
- Sanguine
- 24.1%
- Choleric
- 19.4%
These numbers are measured on real completions, not claimed. The time shown is the observed median, not an estimate.
How this result is calculated
- Each of the 20 questions offers 4 answers, one per profile: every profile is offered once per question, so none is favored by how many answers represent it.
- Each answer gives 1 point to the profile it represents, and points add up: a profile can reach at most 20 points.
- Your main profile is the one with the most points.
- The result bars show how many of your 20 answers went to each profile.
- When profiles tie for first place, the tie is shown on the result. Among the tied profiles, the one picked furthest into the questionnaire becomes the main result: it provides the title, the detailed description and the share link. This rule favors no profile.
The numbers in this rule are not written by hand: they are taken from the test's scoring key and automatically checked against the calculation the test actually runs.
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What this test measures, and its limits
This test measures the character tendencies you attribute to yourself, read through the ancient framework of the four temperaments. It measures neither a biological reality, the theory of humors has none, nor a complete personality. The four temperaments overlap with two dimensions that research knows how to measure, extraversion and emotional stability, but our questions were not calibrated on them. There is no reference group: your four scores compare against each other, never against a population. Your dominant temperament is a tendency, not a box: most people sit between profiles. It's a reading grid for talking about yourself, not a psychological diagnosis.
About this test
The theory of the four temperaments is one of the oldest personality typologies in existence. The Hippocratic corpus (fifth century BC) linked four bodily humors to health: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. Their association with character came later. Galen, a Greek physician of the Roman Empire (second century), developed the doctrine of temperaments, and the tradition that followed him associated each dominant humor with a temperament: the Sanguine (blood, lively and sociable), the Choleric (yellow bile, ambitious and impulsive), the Melancholic (black bile, sensitive and analytical), and the Phlegmatic (phlegm, calm and diplomatic). This framework crossed two millennia, up to its revivals in popular psychology in the twentieth century.
Although modern medicine has abandoned the idea of humors, the four temperaments remain a way of reading oneself that has lasted for centuries. The Sanguine is enthusiastic, sociable, and optimistic, but can lack consistency. The Choleric is determined, action-oriented, and competitive, but can be domineering. The Melancholic is analytical, perfectionistic, and sensitive, but can get lost in doubt. The Phlegmatic is reliable, patient, and diplomatic, but may avoid conflict at the expense of their own needs.
This test invites you to revisit this timeless framework through 20 concrete questions. Seeing which of your four scores dominates, and how they blend, helps you better understand your natural emotional responses, your strengths in a team, your relational blind spots, and the contexts where you thrive. Read it as a tendency: most people sit between profiles rather than in just one.
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Be enthusiastic and positive. Let them express themselves and value their creative ideas.
Be direct and concise. Respect their need for efficiency and get straight to the point.
Take time to go deeper. Be precise, respect their need for quality and reflection.
Be patient and reassuring. Avoid sudden changes and show them empathy.
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This test measures temperament tendencies. It is not a psychological diagnosis. Each person is a unique blend of all four temperaments, and most people sit between profiles rather than in just one. There is no good or bad profile.