 SDi is concerned with the typology of value systems within people, it is not

a typology of people;
 Every person has a combination of different value systems. You are not a
color, you HAVE different colors.
 The dominant value system determines your perspective on reality. The
underlying value system determines your personality;
 Value systems are in constant flux (dynamic) with each other. In different
situations and in different life conditions, people show different types of
behavior. Value systems can be expressed in both a positive and a
negative manner;
 The value systems developed in an earlier stage form the basis of the
more complex (later developed) value systems. It is possible to skip a
value system, but it will not be successful in the long run (Transcend &
Include);
 One value system is not better or more valuable than the other. They all
reflect the way people adapt tot their life conditions using their current
capacities;
 There is a continuous interplay between the more individual-oriented
(Beige, Red, Orange, Yellow) and the more collective-oriented (Purple-
Blue-Green-Turquoise) vMemes.
To describe the colors on the pages about value systems, we have not only used
elements from our own work but also elements from books and articles, amongst
others definitions and parts of texts, by Don Beck, Peter Merry, Paul Zuiker and
Wilbert van Leijden.