Chromophobia

Chromophobia, also known as chromatophobia, is the fear of colors.

Notable people
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Causes and effects
This phobia is caused by traumatic experiences involving colors in the past. Another, less common cause is hypersensitivity to particular colors.

Sufferers of chromophobia may limit daily activities, leaving their lives more difficult. They may want their surroundings to be free of colors as much as they can. Chromophobic people who are have limited employment, and are not allowed to be a pilot or other jobs where red and green keys are used.

Symptoms and treatment
Chromophobic people may suffer from irregular heartbeat, chest discomfort, breathlessness, or tremors. They may experience heightened symptoms when a person also suffers from.

Effective methods of treating chromophobia are, , , , counseling, and. can also be used, ever independently or along with another method.

Color phobias

 * Erythrophobia – fear of red
 * Cyanophobia - fear of blue
 * Xanthophobia – fear of yellow
 * Prasinophobia – fear of green
 * Chrysophobia – fear of orange
 * Porphyrophobia – fear of purple
 * Rhodophobia – fear of pink
 * Kastanophobia – fear of brown
 * Persicophobia – fear of peach
 * Glaucophobia – fear of grey
 * Melanophobia – fear of black
 * Leukophobia – fear of white
 * Maronphobia - fear of maroon
 * Naftikoblephobia - fear of navy blue
 * Periwinklecaeruleumphobia - fear of periwinkle
 * Porfyravafiphobia - fear of magenta
 * Cyanprasinophobia - fear of cyan