--- title: What does Your Halloween Costume Show About Your DISC Personality Type description: A Halloween costume tells you a lot about a person's personality. Use this quick overview to learn what a costume can teach you about others --- [DISCinsights by PeopleKeys Blog](https://blog.discinsights.com) # [What does Your Halloween Costume Show About Your DISC Personality Type](https://blog.discinsights.com/disc-halloween-costume) Written by [Nicolette Pizzuto](https://blog.discinsights.com/author/nicolette-pizzuto) | 10/18/12 12:01 AM Fall is my favorite time of year. I love corn mazes, harvest festivals, the colors of the leaves, the chill in the air, and most of all, Halloween.  Almost as much as I love dressing up for the holiday, I love seeing the Halloween costumes that other people put together. There’s nothing that delights me quite as much as a lovingly-handmade, creative Halloween costume. People constantly amaze me with the incredible things they’re able to put together. Another reason I find Halloween so fascinating is because it inspires people to throw their everyday mask aside and present a new persona to the world. You can tell a lot about a person from just looking at their Halloween costume. The way a person dresses for Halloween provides an open window into their inner world. Everyone who puts on a costume for Halloween is (consciously or unconsciously) making a public display of their desires, fears, aspirations, and personality. In many ways, too, a person’s Halloween costume is a reflection of their DISC personality type. So, what are the costumes that the different DISC personality types tend to gravitate toward? **The High D: The Hero** *A D personality is more likely to be in a costume showing strength, power, command, and control.*   According to DISC theory, a High D is demanding and direct. A High D is a person that naturally likes to take charge, and doesn’t shy away from asserting their authority. They respond well to direct confrontation, and are active and innovative. On Halloween, a high D will often put together a costume that reflects a powerful, dominant presence. The Halloween persona of a high D would show strength, power, command, and control. If you see someone dressed as a superhero, supervillian, warrior, king, or queen, you’re likely looking at a high D.       **The High I: The Life of the Party** *An I Personality will stand out in the crowd - and like it*   High I personality types are typically extroverts. They love to mingle with people, and are completely in their element in social situations. Talkative, communicative, open, entertaining, and engaging, the high I is the life of the party. DISC theory suggests that high I personality types don’t shy away from attention. In fact, they love the spotlight. To that end, the Halloween costume of a high I will often be dramatic, daring, or a little bit flirty: something likely to be noticed. The way a high I dresses on Halloween will draw a crowd, or at the very least get people talking. High I personality types are also funny, creative, and colorful. Costumes of a high I reflect those traits by being witty and irreverent, or being unique and imaginative enough to make others say, “WOW! Why didn’t I think of that?!”   **The High S: The Team Player**   *If you have seen the costume before, or it seems safe, this person is probably an S personality.*   The high S is dependable and stable. Although somewhat resistant to change, the high S is typically an agreeable and loyal team member. A high S is also unlikely to seek the spotlight. At Halloween, these characteristics make a high S perfectly suited to participate in a group costume: a buccaneer in a band of pirates, one of the castaways from Gilligan’s Island, or a bottle of ketchup to a partner’s mustard. The desire of a high S to seek stability and consistency also cause them to resist costumes that are wild and attention-grabbing. The high S is more likely to gravitate to a well-known “classic” Halloween costume, opting to go as a vampire, werewolf, zombie, or witch. Using the same reasoning, a high S is also likely to find a Halloween costume that they love and wear it a few different years in a row. (After all, why fix what isn’t broken?)   **The High C: Delighting in the Details** *Costumes with lots of details or that were completed well in advance, are normally worn by C personalities.*   A high C is accurate and thorough. It goes to follow that when dressing for Halloween, a high C would take great pleasure in creating a costume that is well-thought-out and meticulously-detailed.  If a high C decided to dress up as Spock for Halloween, a blue shirt and jeans wouldn’t cut it. A high C would want to be the *best* Spock possible. This would mean creating an exact replica of Spock’s Starfleet uniform, right down to his eyebrows, pointy ears, badge, and tricorder. The more accurate the costume, the better. A high C personality is also prone to dress up as a character that represents order and control: Sherlock Holmes, Sheldon from *The Big Bang Theory*, Lilith from *Frasier*. Another good way to spot a high C: A high C will never wait until the last moment to throw a costume together. If you know someone who has had their Halloween costume planned since September, that person is likely a high C. 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