Transition metal · element 27
Cobalt
The blue in the glass. Magnetic in every sense.
Only <0.1% of people are Cobalt. (estimated)
If you're Cobalt
You are deep, steady and quietly magnetic. People don't always notice you at first, and then they can't stop looking at the colour you bring.
Cobalt gives blue glass and pottery their colour, and its name comes from 'kobold', the goblin miners blamed for it.
How to get along with Cobalt
Do
- Look for the colour; it's there under the grey.
- Give them deep work and long conversations.
- Let them be magnetic without being loud.
Don't
- Don't rush the reveal.
- Don't blame the goblin for the ore.
When it goes wrong: Hurt, they go quiet and blue. It's a signal, not a mood; ask.
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
- 6
Cobalt in literature
- Colonel Brandon — Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen (1811)
- Helen Burns — Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë (1847)
- Andromache — The Iliad, Homer (750 BCE)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Cobalt's. If you got Cobalt, one of these was probably your runner-up.
Other transition metals
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