Possibly a connection...

While sitting in class overviewing my experiences I noticed a slight connection between the two. In my first experience instead of finding one color to match a paint chip, I arranged the colors into palettes. Where as in my second experience I took a photo of the type, and then felt the need to identify and categorized the typefaces.

For some reason (without being conscious of it) it seems as though I naturally gravitate towards categorizing things any way I can. This is mannerism is totally new to me.