article_snippet.sent: Chromophobia, also known as chromatophobia or chrematophobia, is a persistent, irrational fear of colours.
article_snippet.sent: People with the phobia may associate a distressing event with a specific colour.
article_snippet.sent: the phobia can develop following a trauamatic event involved either one or more colours, while some people become sensitive only to particular shades.
article_snippet.sent: Fears of specific colour is called erythrophobia for the fear of red and leukophobia for the fear of white.
article_snippet.sent: Although actually clinical phobias to colours are rare, colours can elicit psychological reactions or hormonal responses.