Color Phobias Trivia Quiz

Answer: blue

Cyanophobia is the fear of the color blue. Cyanophobes would be scared of the sky, bodies of water, and anything that is blue. They would most effectively avoid seeing blue by wearing glasses with red or orange lenses.

Cyanophobia is the combination of the Greek words 'kyanos' and 'phobos', which translates as "blue" and "fear" respectively.

Answer: brown

Kastanophobia is the fear of the color brown. Brown can be thought of as a color of disgust, which is one of the triggers for fear. People suffering kastanophobia would avoid consuming anything that is brown, like coffee, chocolates, meat, beans, barbecue sauce and gravy, as well as avoiding walking in mud.

Answer: orange

Chrysophobia is the fear of the color orange. People suffering this fear would not drink orange juice and avoid looking at the setting sun.

'Chryso', in chrysophobia, is Greek for "golden yellow". Another term for fear of orange is sandarakinophobia, from 'sandarakinos', Greek for "orange".

Answer: yellow

Xanthophobia is the fear of the color yellow, and also of the word yellow. The fear could be caused by unpleasant experiences involving the color yellow, such as getting stung by a bee. Yellow is commonly associated with urine which can give off an unpleasant smell. Xanthophobics would avoid eating yellow-colored food and drink such as cheese, mustard, egg yolk, banana, lemon and pineapple.

Answer: red

Erythrophobia is the fear of the color red. The fear is partly due to the color being associated with danger, and blood loss due to a trauma. Sufferers would not get into a red vehicle, wear red clothes or eat red-colored foods, such as ketchup, cherry, and tomatoes.

Answer: black

Melanophobia is the fear of the color black. This color fear is commonly connected with the fear of death as black is associated with death. Sufferers would avoid wearing black clothing and could not be in a pitch black room.

Answer: green

Chlorophobia, also called prasinophobia, is the fear of the color green. Sufferers would try to avoid encountering trees, grass, and many other things that are green, but this would be hard. Chlorophobes would not eat broccoli, asparagus, lettuce, avocados, pears, green peppers or guacamole.

'Chloro' in chlorophobia is Greek for "yellow-green" while 'prasinos' in the alt term is Greek for "green".

Answer: purple

Porphyrophobia is the fear of the color purple. The fear can be triggered from an unpleasant experience involving things that aren't commonly purple such as getting hit by a purple car. People who fear the color purple may associate the color with poison, especially those who have had poison ivy rash.

Answer: white

Leukophobia is the fear of the color white. One of the common triggers for the fear involves snow, such as winter sports. Sufferers may have anxiety when encountering a lot of white around them, such as in a white room or out in the snow. They would avoid drinking milk and not wear white clothing nor marry anyone wearing a white bridal dress.

Answer: pink

Rhodophobia is the fear of color pink. There can be real causes for the fear of pink, like getting hurt in a fight with a person wearing pink. Sufferers would stay away from people that are wearing pink and this fear may lead to the fear of girls and women, who are associated with the color.

Rhodophobia has the root 'rhodos', Greek for "rose", which is a shade of pink.