“Chromophobia” is the fear of color. There is an actual cultural fear of color. Earlier in history color was not important. They did not think color enhanced a piece of art. In The Realistic Manifesto Gabo and Pevsner said, “Thence in painting we renounce colour as a pictorial element…colour is accidental and it has nothing in common with the innermost essence of a thing. Also they did not want to experiment with color. Grass is green and the sky is blue. They did not want the “wrong” color used for a portrait. In more recent years people want to experiment with color. In the first few readings color and art was not supposed to be combined. In Earlier times they liked their sculptures to be plain and started using materials such as marble and granite. In the last few readings they started to challenge this idea that color cannot go hand in hand with art. In “Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Blue?” The combination of red, yellow, and blue is the artwork. It is extremely difficult to create a nice composition using the primary colors as discussed in this reading. So when you achieve this balance it is deserving of the term art. History and time has had a huge impact on these attitudes towards color. People before the 21st century thought of art as making things exact and proportionate. They liked realistic forms of the human body and thought color was not important. Color was taboo in a way. In more recent years people are more open to non-traditional art like sculptures of the human body and portraits. We see this in cubism and expressionists. Color is used to enhance the art work and show uniqueness to it. People are no longer afraid to experiment with color and are not Chromophobic anymore. I understand the fear of using color. One color can change the whole meaning of your work. Even now I am timid to use color, but only because I know that it is hard to make colors do what you want. I do however feel like I have a better understanding of color and not as afraid as before.