Talk:White Diamond/@comment-36107411-20180724070614/@comment-36313397-20180724095118

Or, alternately, the four humors seem like a good match.

Yellow Diamond is yellow bile. She's choleric. Not in the sense of having cholera, but in the sense of being angry all the time. Plus, come on! It matches her color. Even - and I quoth Wikipedia: "Choleric personalities also have a logical and fact-based outlook on the world," which is basically how Yellow's supporters (as Peridot once was) see her - as the "most perfect, most logical decider" or similar. Of course, in excess it leads (by the medieval European conception) to wrath - from which we get the word choleric.

Blue Diamond is black bile. Even though it's phlegm that's more often associated with the color blue, black is not so far from blue in terms of how we think of colors. Black bile is associated with the term melancholic, and that's a perfect fit for Blue. In moderation, someone like Blue would be think and feel strongly, and in excess they would sink into sadness - melancholia.

Pink Diamond and Steve are blood. That is, they're sanguine. To start with, pink basically equals red. Sanguine indicates being happy, cheerful, loving life - basically everything that characterizes Steven and Rose Quartz. Needless to say, in excess it leads to being either unwarrantedly cheerful or taking excessive risks - which is Steven on his bad days, or a good description of Pink's various spur of the moment decisions.

In that case, White Diamond is undoubtedly phlegmatic. That is to say, she's calm and detached, or completely unconcerned in the negative exaggeration. This matches her pretty closely, I'd say. The fact that she's the top Diamond might represent how some people saw phlegmatic as the best temperament.

Things don't totally match up, of course. Water's usually associated with phlegm, but Blue Diamond is clearly melancholic. Old age is usually associated with Black Bile, but White Diamond (presumed eldest) is most likely phlegmatic. SImilarly choleric is usually associated with childhood, but Steven is sanguine.

But really, it's a pretty nice match in terms of personalities.

In order to attain a balanced so-called Leukine or Supine temperament, I suppose that they'd need to combine their talents...or fuse....