How do we call a person having deep love towards bright colours (like he loves to wear very brightly-coloured clothes)?
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1How about "chromophile"? It doesn't seem to be in general use though.– donothingsuccessfullyCommented Jul 1, 2012 at 11:33
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1If we're coining words then I suggest dayglophile.– MetaEdCommented Jul 1, 2012 at 14:07
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1Hope someone doesn't suggest gay :P– BravoCommented Jul 1, 2012 at 14:44
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There is no single word to refer to such a person. But you could get plenty of adjectives to refer to bright clothes, so you may use them appropriately in the sentence you want. Some of the adjectives:
- garish
- gaudy
- vibrant
- electric
The first two words are depreciative, the latter ones are rather descriptive. Your sentence could be:
He shows a preference for vibrant colours.
Chromatophilia is sometimes used for love of colour generally (alongside, e.g., melanophilia, xanthophilia, leukophilia as love of black, yellow, white, respectively), but doesn't emphasize bright colours in particular.
Augophilia, by contrast, is the love of bright lights, glare, or sunlight. So, it includes light, rather than just bright or glaring colour.
Maybe someone with sufficient Greek can suggest some coupling of the two ...
I think this is best described as Colourful or Flamboyant?
If you are looking for words other than the more scientific based roots (chromatophile etc.) then some further suggestions which tend to be male-biased would be:
- Peacock
Cambridge dictionary: a man is who is very proud of his appearance and gives a lot of attention to his clothes and the way he dresses. Usually based on the flamboyant show of colours associated with a peacock
- Popinjay
Cambridge dictionary: someone, usually a man, who is too interested in and proud of their own appearance. Usually comes with more negative connotations.
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1Funny how drab the female peahen and the generic peafowl both seem compared with the male peacock.– tchrist ♦Commented Jan 23, 2023 at 12:50
I am curious about this myself. Even as a young boy I have always been fascinated by different colored lights. Not clothing or paint, but lighting, both natural and artificial. I feel both energized and relaxed by a light show. I have wired multi-colored lighting into bookshelves and entertainment centers in my living room and during holidays I always set up appropriate colored lights around the house inside and out.
Heliophile: (n.) a lover of the sun. Photophile: (n.) a person who loves light.
If I had to pick one, I would lean toward a Photophile because it isn't just sunlight that interests me.But if anyone else has a better name, then I would love to hear it.
In the crossword puzzle sense, with more latitude in thinking, my guesses would be painter, writer, photographer, romantic, decorator, arsonist, and, someone with a schizotypal personality disorder (who likes to wear mixed-up colored clothing).
answered Sep 28, 2020 at 23:34
Actually i don't know if there is any word.. But as colors have different wavelength and our 3 cone cells see these long , medium and short wavelengths .. so the people who love colors with different wavelengts , i scientifically call them ...---
Simple naming of people who love different colours
People who love short wavelength colours - S conicellulaexcitanda philic (S conecells stimulation philic)
People who love medium wavelength colours - M conicellulaexcitanda philic ( M conecells stimulation philic )
3 . People who love long wavelength colours - L conicellulaexcitanda philic ( L conecells stimulation philic)
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It is very doubtful that this is a real answer. Always use links to provide evidence. Commented Feb 25, 2019 at 18:44