Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31371445-20170222233857/@comment-32182236-20171215214257

"recall what I said in that Tumblr post. That the traits aren't personality traits, but that they rather represent your fighting style. Therefore, there's no mixing involved. Either you shoot yellow bullets, or you jump around like crazy. You cannot combine them."

The OP flat-out said one of the traits is abundant. Said trait is the trait the SOUL is. If someone has a little determination, a little but of justice, but an ABUNDANCE of bravery, then their SOUL will be orange, because orange is the main, primary color-The others don't have much of an impact. The same can be said about determination. Frisk is kind (in Pacifist), brave (In pretty much ALL the routes), and the Ball Game highlights the six traits in colors, and said you used ALL SIX OF THEM. And before you say "Well, that means that a Red SOUL means the combination of the six traits", remember-There's no "mixing", one beats out the others. If a trait CAN be defined as multiple put together, then why aren't there any SOULS for a combination of bravery and perservearance? What about justice and kindness? Why are there only seven colors? (Okay, eight if you count white, but that represents magic-What monsters are abundant of.)

(from your tumblr post)

"You may still think that it’s actually determination, but isn’t that essentially the same as perseverance? Unless… perseverance is meant to be a synonym for endurance/constitution/stamina… in which case, I wonder what’s the point of it, if we already have HP."

Once again, an ABUNDANCE of perseverance. Of COURSE we have HP, everyone has SOME perseverance, just like everybody has SOME determination! It's just the SOUL of perseverance has an abundance of it-Likely way MORE HP.

To summarize:SOUL colors are determined by your dominant trait, not neccesary the only trait in existence you have. But although it's not your only trait, it's the only trait that matters for the SOUL color-The most prominent trait wins.