1) Xanthophobia: Those who fear of the colour yellow are afraid of anything in that hue, including the sun and maybe your yellow umbrella.
2) Hylophobia: Greenery can also trigger deep fear in folks. It’s called Hylophobia.
3) Ombrophobia: This describes fear of rain and can make people want to stay indoors in the wet weather.
4) Nomophobia: We may all relate to this one – it’s the fear of being without mobile phone coverage.
5) Deipnophobia: Is the fear of dinner parties. Yes, it’s a thing.
6) Selenophobia: This is the fear of the moon. Romantics, if you harbour this fear, you’re losing out on a lovely nocturnal view.
7) Genuphobia: The fear of one’s own or another person’s knees or of the act of kneeling.
8) Somniphobia: The fear of falling asleep, called Somniphobia can adversely affect health, apart from causing anxiety and distress.
9) Papyrophobia: This fear of paper extends to any type: wet, dry, torn, plain or printed paper.
10) Turophobia: People suffering from this fear of cheese won’t consume the dairy product in any form.
