In del Torro’s Pan Labyrinth there are a lot of characters who are Orange personas, simply given the time period the movie is based in. The story is about a guerilla rebellion, and so it would make complete sense for a lot of the participants to be action-oriented, willing to take more extreme risks, and in some sense wild, because these are the kind of people who shine in times of war.
The General is very Orange in nature, he can be cruel and cold but he will get the work done no matter the expense. But in addition to that he is also Gold: being a military leader, organization and regiments run as part of his instinct. Ofelia is more Green and Blue. She is Green because she is an independent individual, and doesn’t quite take well to suggestions as can be seen in her decision to eat the grape despite all the warning the pixies gave her. But she is Blue because she connects to those around her, people like her mother and Mercedes and the staff. Mercedes is Orange, just in that she could take a knife to split the General’s mouth in half simply out of frustration.
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However, focusing on simply Ofelia, if she was a Gold personality, she probably wouldn’t have gotten those pixies killed because she would have had the self-discipline to just not eat the grapes. If she wasn’t a Blue or a Green personality she wouldn’t have been suited for the position of royalty, because she wouldn’t have been a leader to the people or a unique role model for them to look up to. If she were Orange she probably would have gotten killed much earlier, just taking into account the General’s short temper, his flippant attitude towards human life and her predated dislike of her. And these were different projectories just based on one character. If each of the characters changed personality, the story itself would no longer be the