Hi Jill 🙂

In template work (which differs from live graphic recording work) the number of colors you use depends on how many separate ‘containers’ are built in your template. The one above in the photo has 9 different containers (a nine-zie) … 8 are placeholders for the various areas of life (as this exercise helps a person evaluate their satisfaction level in 8 different areas of life … coaches will recognize it as a version of a ‘life wheel’) the final ninth one is to be completed after the other ones are done (called ‘insights’ … a container to hold clients’ ‘ahhas’ about their thinking work).

Soooo, you have a few options. Either use the four content colors two times each. Or alternatively you could opt to keep it simple, just use two of them, and alternate them. For the insights, since its a summary move to extract out some real ahhas, I would opt to put those in red.

Yes, colors have a meta tone to them. Which differs according to culture. Green is great for money/financial or for growth. Brown is good for more grounded or serious stuff. Blue is a good basic color (think ‘corporate blue’, you are pretty safe using it in lots of content areas). Purple is more passionate or creative, so save it for content that reflects that.