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Imagine that you are an artist and you have to paint a white cup with blue patterns. How will you decorate it: in dots, stripes, cells or waves?

Here is the key:

If you have decorated mug with dots, you have artistic, flexible and creative mind. Never mind, your behavior sometimes seems strange and eccentric to people. After all, people like you make the world something new and worthwhile, changing its appearance.

Striped pattern indicates the straightness, the ability to quickly get down to business and not to throw words to the wind. You are a natural leader, able to quickly and correctly orient in life and solve the problems. You are reliable for many people surrounding you.

If you decorated it with cells, it characterizes you as a very practical. You are very good with all the problems that a daily routine confronts you. You know how to properly use all the resources that are available to you: money, time and effort. Besides, you always help those who are really in need, and who deserve it.

A wavy pattern shows a rare talent to awaken love in people. A mysterious aura is formed around you that attracts to you love, support and compassion. This does not mean that you invite all, not at all. This happens by itself because of the benevolence and warmth that you radiate. People are drawn to you and receiving positive emotions, they try to return it to you, at least a small part of what you gave them.

Test is written based on works by Tadahiko Nagao

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