kat@colorlessgreen's Nohari Window

The Nohari Window is a challenging inversion of the Johari Window, using antonyms of the original words. By describing your failings from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and colleagues to describe you from the same list, a grid of perceived and unrecognised weaknesses can be explored.

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	Known to Self	Not Known to Self
Known to Others	Arena timid insecure unhappy needy	Blind Spot inflexible cowardly aloof withdrawn cynical unimaginative distant impatient passive predictable inattentive
Not Known to Others	Façade glum overdramatic	Unknown incompetent intolerant violent stupid simple irresponsible vulgar lethargic hostile selfish unhelpful inane brash cruel ignorant irrational childish boastful blasé imperceptive chaotic weak embarrassed loud vacuous panicky unethical insensitive self-satisfied smug rash dispassionate dull callous unreliable cold foolish humourless
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.)

Dominant Traits

100% of people think that kat@colorlessgreen is cynical

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (25%) timid (25%) cowardly (50%) violent (0%) aloof (25%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (25%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (100%) needy (25%) unimaginative (25%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (50%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (25%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (50%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (50%) callous (0%) inattentive (25%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%)

Description Breakdown (4 people)

piscespoet thinks: timid, insecure, withdrawn, unhappy, cynical.
the german teacher thinks: cowardly, passive, needy, impatient, cynical.
anon thinks: unimaginative, cowardly, distant, cynical, passive, predictable.
ZoeThinks? thinks: inattentive, aloof, inflexible, distant, predictable, cynical.

You can display these results in an email or journal, by cutting and pasting the following HTML:-

<table style="text-align:center;border-spacing:0px; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tr><td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;vertical-align:top;background:#ccf"> <h2 style="margin:0px">Arena</h2> <div style="font-size:0.7em">(known to self and others)</div> timid, insecure, unhappy, needy</td><td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;vertical-align:top;background:#fcc"> <h2 style="margin:0px">Blind Spot</h2> <div style="font-size:0.7em">(known only to others)</div> inflexible, cowardly, aloof, withdrawn, cynical, unimaginative, distant, impatient, passive, predictable, inattentive</td></tr><tr><td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;vertical-align:top;background:#cfc"> <h2 style="margin:0px">Façade</h2> <div style="font-size:0.7em">(known only to self)</div> glum, overdramatic</td><td style="border:1px solid #000;padding:4px;width:50%;background:#ccc"> <h2 style="margin:0px">Unknown</h2> <div style="font-size:0.7em">(known to nobody)</div> incompetent, intolerant, violent, stupid, simple, irresponsible, vulgar, lethargic, hostile, selfish, unhelpful, inane, brash, cruel, ignorant, irrational, childish, boastful, blasé, imperceptive, chaotic, weak, embarrassed, loud, vacuous, panicky, unethical, insensitive, self-satisfied, smug, rash, dispassionate, dull, callous, unreliable, cold, foolish, humourless</td></tr></table> <h2>Dominant Traits</h2>100% of people think that kat@colorlessgreen is cynical <h3>All Percentages</h3>incompetent (0%) intolerant (0%) inflexible (25%) timid (25%) cowardly (50%) violent (0%) aloof (25%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (0%) insecure (25%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (0%) withdrawn (25%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (25%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (100%) needy (25%) unimaginative (25%) inane (0%) brash (0%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (50%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (0%) impatient (25%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (0%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (0%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (50%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (0%) dull (0%) predictable (50%) callous (0%) inattentive (25%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (0%) humourless (0%) <div style="border:1px solid #000; padding:8px; text-align:center;background:#eee"> Created by the <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">Nohari Window</a> on 9.6.2026, using data from 4 respondents. You can <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari">make your own Nohari Window</a>, or <a href="https://kevan.org/nohari?view=kat@colorlessgreen">view kat@colorlessgreen's full data</a>. </div>

The Nohari Window was tinted by Kevan on the 12th of February 2006.
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For the original positive spin, look through the Johari Window.