Transition metal · element 24
Chromium
Shiny, hard, and completely rust-proof.
Only 0.2% of people are Chromium. (estimated)
If you're Chromium
You are polished and you know it. Nothing sticks to you, nothing dulls you, and you make everything you touch look expensive.
Chromium gives rubies their red and emeralds their green, and it's the shine on every chrome bumper.
How to get along with Chromium
Do
- Compliment the finish; it's not shallow, it's maintained.
- Keep things clean and quick.
- Let them make the room look better.
Don't
- Don't scratch the surface in public.
- Don't expect them to rust for your comfort.
When it goes wrong: They don't tarnish, they reflect. Whatever you throw comes back polished and pointed.
Atomic profile
Every element is placed on six personality dimensions derived from its chemistry. Your answers are placed on the same six, and the closest element wins. How the scoring works
- Reactivity
- 4
- Sociability
- 6
- Stability
- 9
- Energy
- 6
- Rarity
- 3
- Warmth
- 7
Chromium in literature
- Lord Goring — An Ideal Husband, Oscar Wilde (1895)
- Gwendolen Harleth — Daniel Deronda, George Eliot (1876)
- Rudolf Rassendyll — The Prisoner of Zenda, Anthony Hope (1894)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Chromium's. If you got Chromium, one of these was probably your runner-up.
Other transition metals
ScScandiumTiTitaniumVVanadiumMnManganeseFeIronCoCobaltNiNickelCuCopperZnZincYYttriumZrZirconiumNbNiobiumMoMolybdenumTcTechnetiumRuRutheniumRhRhodiumPdPalladiumAgSilverCdCadmiumHfHafniumTaTantalumWTungstenReRheniumOsOsmiumIrIridiumPtPlatinumAuGoldHgMercuryRfRutherfordiumDbDubniumSgSeaborgiumBhBohriumHsHassiumMtMeitneriumDsDarmstadtiumRgRoentgeniumCnCopernicium