Max Lüscher

Max Lüscher (9 September 1923 – 2 February 2017 ) was a Swiss psychotherapist known for inventing the Lüscher color test, a tool for measuring an individual's psychophysical state based on their color preferences. Besides research, teaching and practicing psychotherapy in Basel, Lüscher worked for international companies, amongst other things giving color advice. His book The Lüscher Test has been translated into more than 30 languages.

Biography Max Lüscher was born in Basel, Switzerland on 9 September 1923. After receiving his Swiss "Matura", comparable to a diploma, he focused on studying psychiatry and achieved his doctorate in the areas of philosophy, psychology, and the philosophy of law. Lüscher completed his dissertation on "Color as an aid in psychological diagnosis". This project was chosen as the summa cum laude by his professors. From 1961 to 1965, Lüscher lived in Berlin and continued his career as a psychotherapist. Lüscher was noted for his guest lectures and training seminars for physicians. The "Lüscher Color-Diagnostics" are now used in several universities across the world. Feeling of belonging, the inner connection and the relationship to one’s partner. "How I feel towards a person that is close to me"

Green: Self-respect Inner control of willpower and the capacity to enjoy. "The way I want to be"

Red: Self confidence Activity, drive and the reaction to challenges. "How I react to challenges"

Yellow: Development Attitude of anticipation, attitude towards future development and towards new encounters. "What I expect for the future"

A 1984 comparison of the Lüscher color test and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory found little agreement between the two tests, prompting the authors to urge cautious use of the former.