A pearl, a ruby, a sapphire, and a diamond that was all but, as Alexander turned the b ox this way and that, there flashed out upon h im such lovely lights as he had never seen in the imperial treasury at Rome, enriched as it was with the regalia of many nations. After carefully...
(Batchelor 2000, p. 71). Chromatic colours are thus still perceived as something other than neutral. What changes with chromophilia is the attitude towards hues. Instead of controlling them, one surrenders to them or loses oneself to them. By referring to Aristotle’s intoxicating word for ...