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Chromophobia

Chromophobia (from the roots chromo meaning 'color' and phobia meaning fear) is the general fear of color; synonyms include chromatophobia and psychrophobia ("Chromophobia"). Color symbolism and psychology page Color phobias These are the names of the most common color phobias: ("Phobia Dictionary") 'To name other color fears simply look up the Latin or Greek name for the specific color and add “ophobia” to the end of it. Color fears come from the relation of a color to a traumatic event or from the vibrancy of the colors themselves.

Black This color has a general relation to the feeling of things unknown. According to psychologist Rollo May, “…situations to which the organism cannot react adequately constitute a threat and are reacted to with anxiety or fear.” (May 88) Here are some fears relating to the limited ability to react due to the limited ability to see: ("Phobia Dictionary") The Color Psychology of Black Black absorbs all light in the color spectrum. Black is often used as a symbol of menace or evil, but it is also popular as an indicator of power. It is used to represent treacherous characters such as Dracula and is often associated with witchcraft. Black is associated with death and mourning in many cultures. It is also associated with unhappiness, sexuality, formality, and sophistication. In ancient Egypt, black represented life and rebirth. Black is often used in fashion because of its slimming quality. Consider how black is used in language: Black Death, blackout, black cat, black list, black market, black tie, black belt.
 * Lygophobia: Fear of darkness.
 * Achluophobia: Fear of darkness.
 * Nyctophobia: Fear of the dark or of night. Synonyms: Achluophobia, Scotophobia.
 * Kenophobia: Fear of empty spaces3. Synonyms: Cenophobia.
 * Kenophobia: Fear of voids.

Red- erythrophobia, There seems to be a natural fear of the color red as illustrated in this article. “Finches instinctively avoid competitors coloured red, rather than learning to fear the colour during their upbringing, Australian research concludes.1 The results are tempting researchers to suspect that in other animals, including ourselves, red's aggressive and intimidating character might also be hard-wired into brains from birth. Dozens of experiments have shown that red intimidates competitors. In humans, wearing red improves chances of winning at sports.2 Studies have also revealed that red is associated with aggression and dominance in fish, reptiles and birds.3,4…”(Matt) This article basically says that animals and people naturally react to red; it constitutes power that could possibly lead to pain, death or some other traumatic event if mishandled and thus animals fear or act cautiously towards anything with that color. This may be one of the only innate fears that people have as there is evidence to suggest that most other color fears are learned. Here are some fears that relate to pain and blood: ("Phobia Dictionary") People get certain feelings and memories when they see a certain color as. It is possible that these are responsible for the other color fears such as Heliotropeophobia which is the fear of Pepto-Bismol pink.(citation needed) It seems that the color fear that remain constant are those that have a constant reminder of what they represent and what they represent causes stress. Blood for red, the sky or water for blue, nature for green, night, confinement, blacking out for black, light or money for gold. A person who has had a bad experience with any of these may develop a fear of the color, and that fear may alter the genetics of their children. All fears were either learned or inherited. Color is useful in conveying emotion and so it is used in many types of art. This concept has been used in nearly all art forms and is even used in numerology and mood rings. It is a well known fact to Crayola see color psychology and also look at the history of racism. “Chromophobia (album)” and “Chromophobia (film)”. See also wiki pages chromophobe and chromophore for information on the use of color in science relating to cells and molecules. Also see colorphobia for use in advertizing. For relation to art using the name “Chromophobia” see “Chromophobia (album)” and “Chromophobia (film)”.
 * Haemaphobia, Haematophobia, Hematophobia, Hemophobia, and Hemaphobia are all the Fear of blood.
 * Dystychiphobia: Fear of accidents.
 * Algophobia: Fear of pain. See also: Odynophobia.
 * Hadeophobia: Fear of hell. Synonyms: Stygiophobia.

Works Cited

"Chromophobia." Dictionary.com. Ask.com, 2009. Web. . Hill, R. and Barton, R. Nature, 435, 293 (2005) | Article | PubMed | ISI | ChemPort | Matt, Kaplan. "Birds born to fear red." Nature News doi:10.1038/news.2009.760. (31 July 2009): n. pag. Web. 30 Nov 2009. . May, Rollo. The meaning of anxiety. Columbia University, 1950. 88. Print. "Phobia Dictionary." Blifaloo.com. 2005. Web. .

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