| Aromantic flag | |
| Use: | Symbol of the aromantic community |
| Proportion: | 3:5 |
| Adoption: | 2014 |
| Design: | Five equally-sized horizontal bars; Dark green, light green, white, grey, black |
| Designer: | Cameron Whimsy |
The aromantic flag is a pride flag representing aromanticism, aromantic individuals and the aromantic community. The flag was designed by Cameron Whimsy in 2014.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The first known version of the aromantic flag featured four stripes: green for aromanticism, yellow for friendship, orange for the spectrum between romance and aromanticism and black for alloromantics. The origin of this flag is unknown.[5] [1]
Following some discussion on social media platform tumblr on this initial flag, Cameron Whimsy designed a new flag in February 2014 featuring five stripes, citing lack of inclusivity of the meanings of the stripes of original flag. The new version featured 5 equally-sized horizontal bars. The color of the stripes were dark green, light green, yellow, gray, and black stripes and the meanings described to represent people across the whole aromantic spectrum.[1] [6]
Following this version, Whimsy followed up with another slight redesign in November 2014 into its current version that has since been adopted widely by the aromantic community.[1] [4] The flag features five equally-sized horizontal bars.The main color, green, was chosen as it is the opposite of red, which is most commonly associated with romantic love. The two shades of green represent the aromantic spectrum, white represents platonic love and friendship, and grey and black represent the different parts of the sexuality spectrum.[1] [4]
Whimsy described the meaning of the stripes in further detail: