Aroace flag
Orange, yellow, white and two blues, for people who are both aromantic and asexual.
What the colours mean
- Orange Community, and belonging in both aromantic and asexual spaces.
- Yellow Love and relationships outside conventional romantic and sexual expectations.
- White Wholeness, including aroaces who are not looking for a committed partnership.
- Blues The aroace identity and the range of aroace experiences.
Where it comes from
The flag was posted on 11 December 2018 by the Tumblr user aroaesflags, an aroace non-binary designer, as a revision of an earlier aroace flag after community feedback. The designer has said there is no need to credit them, because the flag is meant as a community symbol.
Why blue and orange
The designer deliberately avoided the green of the aromantic flag and the purple of the asexual flag, for aroaces who do not experience their identity as two separate parts. Blue sits between green and purple on the colour wheel in one direction, and orange sits between them in the other.
A resemblance some people notice
Some people have pointed out that its orange, white and blue recall the flag of South Africa under apartheid. The designer said they had not been aware of it, considered the two flags visually distinct, and said that flipping the flag or using another one is fine.
What aroace means
Aroace describes someone who is both aromantic and asexual. Many aroace people also fly the aromantic and asexual flags, together or instead.
Questions people ask
What are the aroace flag colours?
Orange, yellow, white, light blue and dark blue, from top to bottom.
What does the aroace flag mean?
Orange stands for community, yellow for relationships outside conventional norms, white for wholeness, and the blues for the aroace identity and its spectrum.
Why doesn't the aroace flag use green and purple?
Its designer avoided them on purpose, for aroaces who do not split their identity into an aromantic part and an asexual part.