Aceflux Pride Flag
Identity Pride Flag ·
A five-stripe flag grading from dark pink through fuchsia to purple, for aceflux identity, a sexual orientation that fluctuates while staying on the asexual spectrum. Its designer is unrecorded: 2016 documentation lists both coiner and designer as unknown, while later wikis credit pride-flags-for-us for the flag and ngc2068 for the term. [1][2] A ten-stripe gradient version circulated in 2015 alongside it, and a 2019 redesign by lightningfilledsaber references the asexual flag's colours, offered as an alternative rather than a replacement. [3][4]
Key facts
- Designer
- Unknown
- Created
- First documented public use
- In use
- Reported 10 June 2015
- Aspect Ratio
- 3:5 · apparent
- Ratio Notes
- The Pride-Flags source files are 5000 by 3000, exactly 5:3, so the proportion published here is measured from the artifact rather than defaulted. The archive SVG reconstruction is a separate 800 by 500 file and does not carry the source artifact’s metadata. [5]
- Stripes
- 5
- Represented Identity
- aceflux
Also known as
- Aceflux Flag
Archive categories Sexual & Romantic Orientation Pride Flags
Overview
To provide a symbol for aceflux identity within the ace spectrum.
The flag was created by pride-flags-for-us to represent aceflux identity, which describes people whose position on the asexual spectrum fluctuates over time. The term 'aceflux' was coined by Tumblr user ngc2068 (blog since deleted). The flag appeared on Tumblr around June 10, 2015, and on DeviantArt on July 6, 2015. [2][6]
Identity & Context
- Represented Identity
- aceflux
- Subcommunity
- ace spectrum umbrella
Creators
The Creator
Unknown
Designer
The designer of the five-band aceflux flag is not established. The closest period documentation, pride-color-schemes in 2016, gives both the coiner and the designer as unknown. [1] Later community wikis attribute the design to the Tumblr blog pride-flags-for-us, whose original post of 10 June 2015 is no longer available. If you can identify the designer, the archive would like to hear from you.
pride-flags-for-us
Later-attributed designer
A Tumblr blog to which later community wikis attribute the flag, reported to have posted it on 10 June 2015. The post is no longer directly available and no recovered primary source confirms the attribution. [1]
ngc2068
Later-attributed coiner of the term aceflux
A deleted Tumblr user credited by later community wikis with coining the word aceflux. The 2016 documentation closer to the period records the coiner as unknown instead. [1] No source read here connects ngc2068 to the flag’s design.
Pride-Flags
Publisher and rendering source of the earliest surviving files
The DeviantArt archive that published the earliest surviving renderings: the five-band file on 6 July 2015 and a ten-band alternate on 28 August 2015, both 5000 by 3000. [5][3] It republishes other people’s designs and names no designer here. Hosting is not authorship.
Attribution notes
Attribution is unresolved and the roles are separate. The 2016 documentation by pride-color-schemes records both the term coiner and the designer as unknown. [1] Later wikis attribute the term to the deleted Tumblr user ngc2068 and the flag to the blog pride-flags-for-us. The earliest surviving rendering is the Pride-Flags DeviantArt file of 6 July 2015, which is a publication rather than an original: that account republishes other people’s designs. Nothing read here shows that Pride-Flags and pride-flags-for-us are the same person or account, and none of the three roles should be collapsed into one.
Origin
- Specific Place
- Tumblr / DeviantArt (pride-flags-for-us)
- Place Type
- blog
- Digital Origin
- Yes
Digital origin; no verified physical location.
Posted on Tumblr around June 10, 2015, and on DeviantArt on July 6, 2015. [2][6]
Dates & Chronology
- Year Created
- First public use
- Period in Use
- Reported 10 June 2015; earliest surviving rendering 6 July 2015
Documented in community wikis and flag guides including the LGBTQIA+ Wiki and Pride Flag Wiki. It was reblogged by the pride-color-schemes Tumblr archive. [2][6][1]
Major revisions
Redesign by lightningfilledsaber (Mike/Mars/Nemesis), referencing the asexual flag's four colours plus a pink from the original, "to show that the fluctuation (for me personally) isn't steady or predictable." Offered explicitly as an alternative: "This isn't me saying that the other flag is bad or should be replaced." [4]
An alternative aceflux flag was created by Tumblr user toothcity in 2020, designed to be more accessible for people with eyestrain. A 10-stripe variant of that alternative also exists. [2] The term aceflux was coined by Tumblr user ngc2068, the same user who coined aroflux. The ngc2068 blog has since been wiped, so the original coining post cannot be verified. The aceflux and aroflux flags share a parallel gradient structure, with aceflux using a red-to-purple gradient (allosexual to asexual) and aroflux using a red-to-green gradient (alloromantic to aromantic). [2]
Lineage
- Indirect influences
- Asexual Pride Flag, Rainbow Pride Flag
No design ancestry is documented. Aroflux is a companion design rather than an ancestor: the two were published through the same online flag ecosystem within weeks of each other and use parallel gradient structures, but no source states that either was drawn from the other. The asexual flag is a contextual reference for the subject rather than a documented colour source, and the generic rainbow influence earlier versions carried is removed. The 2019 redesign by lightningfilledsaber and the 2020 accessibility redesign are separately credited alternatives, and their sources present them as alternatives rather than replacements.
Colors & Symbolism
The gradient from rose (top) to orchid (bottom) represents the fluctuating nature of aceflux orientation, moving between allosexual and asexual experiences. The red/rose end represents allosexuality (experiencing sexual attraction), while the purple/orchid end represents asexuality. [2][6]
| Colour | Hex | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Rose | #C62253 | Allosexuality (experiencing sexual attraction) [2] |
| Magenta | #C12678 | Gradient between allosexual and asexual experiences [2] |
| Fuchsia | #C0279A | Gradient midpoint [2] |
| Violet | #A928AC | Gradient between allosexual and asexual experiences [2] |
| Orchid | #8C26AE | Asexuality (direct reference to the asexual flag's purple) [2] |
Measured from the Pride-Flags five-band rendering of 6 July 2015, 5000 by 3000, in five exactly equal bands of 600 rows. [5]
This flag has no official digital palette. Color values shown are approximate.
The five stripes form a continuous gradient from red/rose to purple/orchid, representing the spectrum of sexual attraction that aceflux individuals experience over time. [2]
Measured from the earliest surviving rendering, not issued by a creator: no designer has been identified and no palette specification has been located. [5][1] The five values run rose to orchid in an even sequence. A ten-band alternate published by the same account seven weeks later interpolates the same run across ten equal bands, ending on the same two values. [3]
Design
- Aspect Ratio
- 3:5 · apparent
- Ratio Notes
- The Pride-Flags source files are 5000 by 3000, exactly 5:3, so the proportion published here is measured from the artifact rather than defaulted. The archive SVG reconstruction is a separate 800 by 500 file and does not carry the source artifact’s metadata. [5]
- Orientation
- horizontal
- Stripe Count
- 5
- Layout
- horizontal_stripes
- Stripes (Top → Bottom)
- Rose, Magenta, Fuchsia, Violet, Orchid
Five horizontal bands of equal depth, measured at 600 rows each in the 3000-row source file. [5]
Five equally sized horizontal stripes forming a gradient from rose (top) to orchid (bottom). No emblem or additional symbols. [2][6]
Five equal horizontal stripes. From top to bottom: rose (#C62253), magenta (#C12678), fuchsia (#C0279A), violet (#A928AC), orchid (#8C26AE).
Usage & Adoption
- Online Usage
- Wikis and community flag guides, pride-color-schemes Tumblr archive
- Current Status
- established online community design; documented online circulation
Documented in community wikis and flag guides. An alternative version (by toothcity, 2020) exists for accessibility. [2]
Image Archive
Earliest surviving rendering
Contemporary ten-band alternate
2019 redesign
Archive reconstruction
Discourse & Debates
- The original aceflux flag's red-to-purple gradient was reported to cause eyestrain for some viewers, prompting an alternative by Tumblr user toothcity (2020) that maintains the same meanings with more accessible colors. [2][4]
- A 2019 redesign argued the original's "very saturated gradient personally strains my eyes and it doesn't bear too close of a resemblance to the ace flag," and was offered for anyone it fits better, without calling for replacement. [4]
Common misidentifications
- Sometimes confused with other ace-spectrum flags due to the purple palette
- Aceflux is sometimes confused with abrosexual; aceflux specifically describes fluctuation along the asexual spectrum, while abrosexual describes fluctuation in sexual orientation more broadly
The term 'aceflux' was coined by Tumblr user ngc2068 (blog since deleted). It describes people whose position on the asexual spectrum fluctuates over time, ranging from asexual to allosexual. [2]
Footnotes & Citations
Sources and footnotes 7 sources
- 1. Social media Aceflux (pride-color-schemes). pride-color-schemes. Tumblr (pride-color-schemes) (2016-06-26). Accessed 2026-08-14
Documents both 2015 versions and lists the term's coiner as anonymous and the designer as unknown.
- 2. Aceflux. LGBTQIA+ Wiki. Accessed 2026-03-19
- 3. Aceflux (2) by Pride-Flags on DeviantArt. Pride-Flags. DeviantArt (2015-08-27). Accessed 2026-08-14
The ten-stripe gradient version.
- 4. Social media Aceflux flag redesign (lgbtqiarchive reblog of lightningfilledsaber). lightningfilledsaber. Tumblr (lgbtqiarchive) (2019-01-31). Accessed 2026-08-14
- 5. Aceflux (1) by Pride-Flags on DeviantArt. Pride-Flags. DeviantArt (2015-07-05). Accessed 2026-08-14
- 6. Aceflux Flag. Pride Flag Wiki (Fandom). Accessed 2026-03-19
- pride_palette CSS Library. TRezendes. GitHub. Accessed 2026-03-19
Image Sources
- Rendering
- five-stripe gradient standard
- The earliest surviving rendering, published by Pride-Flags on DeviantArt at 5000 by 3000 in five exactly equal bands. Its page displays 5 July 2015 in Pacific time, which is 6 July 2015 UTC. Every colour value in this entry is measured from this file. [5] · Credit: Rendering by Pride-Flags (DeviantArt); designer of the underlying flag unknown. · DeviantArtRights The deviation states no licence. Pride-Flags says designs in its gallery are free to use for pride-related purposes, which covers this rendering and does not resolve the unknown designer’s rights in the underlying design.
- A ten-band alternate published by the same account seven weeks later, on 27 August 2015 Pacific, at 5000 by 3000 in ten equal bands. It interpolates the same rose-to-orchid run and ends on the same two values, and is a contemporary alternate rather than a replacement. [3] · Credit: Rendering by Pride-Flags (DeviantArt); designer of the underlying flag unknown. · DeviantArtRights The deviation states no licence. The same gallery-wide permission applies to this rendering only.
- The 2019 redesign by lightningfilledsaber, referencing the asexual flag's colours with a pink from the original aceflux flag; offered as an alternative, not a replacement. [4] · Credit: lightningfilledsaber (Mike/Mars/Nemesis) · Tumblr (lgbtqiarchive reblog)Rights The source post explicitly invites people to use this redesign. That permission covers the 2019 design only. [4]
- Encycloflaggia reconstruction at the house production ratio, drawn from the measured source values. Not the source artifact, whose own proportion is 5:3. · Credit: Encycloflaggia reconstruction. · Encycloflaggia