INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 657 Amsterdam, May 21th, 2017 A MORE ADEQUATE SPECTRUM OF COLORS? A Comparison of Color Terminology in Chakra-Psychology, Integral Theory and Spiral Dynamics - FRANK VISSER In Integral Psychology (2000) Ken Wilber introduced the color-scheme of Spiral Dynamics (SD) to his readers, shortly after having discovered it as a practical and appealing developmental model. It provided him a neutral terminology to refer to complex developmental stage descriptions such as "concrete-operational" or "post-postformal thought". Spiral Dynamics grew out of the work of Clare Graves, a contemporary of Abraham Maslow, who devised a developmental model of values, closely matching the more well-known Maslovian, but stressing our value-needs and expressions. In Maslow's model of self-actualization, the stages could be grouped into two sub-divisions. The first four (physiological needs, safety needs, belongingness and love needs and esteem needs) were called "deficiency" or "D-needs". The last one (self-actualization needs) were called "growth or being" or "B-needs".[1] This division between groups of stages was reflected in Grave's model as the first six so-called "First-Tier" stages, to be followed by two so-called "Second-Tier" stages. Crossing this divide was presented as "a momentuous leap."[2] In Integral Spirituality (2006) Wilber presented a "reformed" SD-model. He had dropped half of the SD-colors from his scheme and had introduced some new ones—without much justification or explanation. For example, BLUE was out, as was YELLOW, which were replaced by AMBER and TEAL. If you hear a lot these days about "Teal organizations", this is where that expression comes from.[5] This effectively created two different color-dialects, and quite some confusion, among color-coding enthusiasts, who no longer spoke the same language. To my knowledge, not many studies have been written about this revision of Spiral Dynamics by Wilber—from either sides of the fence. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/visser101.html