Chlorophobia is a fear of or aversion to the color green. This fear is often associated with the fear of vegetation. The fear may come about due to traumatic experiences involving the color green or vegetation, like getting cut by a poison ivy or dealing with unwanted plants like algae, weeds or vines.
Chlorophobic sufferers may avoid seeing or encountering grass, trees, and other things that are green. They would avoid eating green-colored foods like pear, lime, asparagus, broccoli, and lettuce. Very severe sufferers of chlorophobia may force someone to kill all the vegetation around their lawn by killing grass using weedkiller, chopping down trees, and pulling up bushes. Homeowners of chlorophobic people would have a tiny lawn while the patio covering nearly all of the backyard. Chlorophobics would want to stay home.