The aim of this research was to investigate applicability of color symbolization in mandala as personality
diagnosis tool, by analyzing relation between color symbolization in mandala and Big Five Factors of
personality. As the subjects, 373 students of colleges in Seoul(male:118, female:255) were selected, and
Mandala and International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) were used as the measurement tool, For processing
of the collected data, frequency analysis, descriptive statistical analysis, independent samples t-test and
one-way ANOVA were performed using SPSS 12.0 program, and as post test, Scheffe's test was performed.
Major result of this research is as follows. First, color symbolization in college students mandala appeared
to reflect college students' personality characteristics. Second, this research verified applicability of diagnosis
based on color symbolization of mandala in respect to diagnosing college students' personality
characteristics.