My page-a-day trivia calendar informs me that porphyrophobia means a fear of the color purple. I am surprised to learn this. I can understand the fear of white, which is leukophobia, especially if you happen to be driving in a blizzard on snow covered roads. But purple? I honestly didn't know that people can be afraid of a color. Brown maybe, if you've been attacked by a bear, or gray if attacked by a shark, but just a color? I can almost understand a fear of orange, the color of fire, but it's also the color of oranges and tangerines so that won't work. There are some colors I like better than others. Turquoise is my favorite. It would be really hard to be afraid of turquoise. I can kind of see how a stay-at-home parent might start to loathe purple if their toddlers were addicted to "Barney" but that's the character, not the color. So here's my question of the day. Are you, or do you know someone who is afraid of a color? If so, which color, and why? If you scroll down to the bottom of this entry, you should find a 'reply' button to click.
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