Glossary
6-Color Pride Flag
The six-color pride flag is the widely used rainbow flag, with red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet stripes, and the most recognized symbol of LGBTQ+ community and pride.
The six-color pride flag is the rainbow flag most people picture today. Artist and activist Gilbert Baker designed the original rainbow flag in 1978 with eight stripes. Within a year the design settled into six stripes, partly because hot pink and turquoise fabric were hard to source in quantity. Each of the six colors has its own meaning: red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, blue for harmony or serenity, and violet for spirit. It has since inspired many identity-specific pride flags, but the six-stripe version remains the shared banner of the whole LGBTQ+ community, seen at Pride marches, storefronts, and demonstrations around the world.
Learn more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag_(LGBTQ)
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