Aroace Pride Flag
Identity Pride Flag ·
Five horizontal bands in orange, yellow, white and two blues, posted by the Tumblr user aroaesflags on 11 December 2018 as a revision of their own flag from two months earlier. [1][2] It was made "with the experiences of aroaces who don't split their attraction in mind", which is why it uses neither asexual purple nor aromantic green: the blue and the orange both sit between those two hues on the colour wheel, in opposite directions. [1] The designer took the blue from biaroace's oriented aroace flag and asked for no credit, calling it a community symbol. [1]
Key facts
- Designer
- aroaesflags
- Created
- Earliest located publication
- In use
- 2018–present
- Aspect Ratio
- 3:5 · standard
- Ratio Notes
- The designer published no proportion in words, but the artwork posted with the flag is 1,280 by 768 pixels, a width to height of exactly 5:3, which is 3:5 read as hoist to fly. The standardised ratio and the designer's own file agree. [3]
- Stripes
- 5
- Represented Identity
- aroace (aromantic asexual)
Also known as
- Aromantic Asexual Pride Flag
- Aro-Ace Pride Flag
- Aroace Flag
- Sunset Aroace Flag
Archive categories Sexual & Romantic Orientation Pride Flags
Overview
To give aroace people a symbol of their own rather than a stack of the aromantic and asexual flags, designed in the first place around aroace people who do not split their attraction. [2][1]
The designer posted a set of "Sunset aro, aroace, and ace" flag edits on 5 October 2018. [4] A standalone aroace flag followed on 11 October, introduced as "an attempt I made at creating an aroace flag that isn't just the aro and ace flags stacked on top of each other" and "heavily inspired by the oriented aroace flag that @biaroace created". [2]
Two months later it was replaced: "Revised aroace flag after some conversation among community members! The old flag I made can be found here, but I decided to change it after some criticisms that I received." [1] The revision dropped the pink and purple bands, brought in orange for community, and moved the aplatonic and nonamorous reading from purple to white. [1][2] The October post carries a note added afterwards pointing readers forward: "I won't stop anyone from using this one, but I think it's important to know that changes have been made." [2]
The revision post states who the flag is for: it was "primarily made with the experiences of aroaces who don't split their attraction in mind", while "any aroace-spectrum person can use it". [1]
Identity & Context
- Represented Identity
- aroace (aromantic asexual)
- Subcommunity
- combined aro-spectrum and ace-spectrum identity
Creators
The Creator
aroaesflags
Designer, and author of the published band meanings
aroaesflags is a Tumblr blog that makes and edits pride flags, describing itself as run by "just an aroace enby who likes editing flags", with a Redbubble and a Ko-fi under the handle /aroaes. [4] The aroace flag arrived in two steps. On 5 October 2018 the blog posted a set of "Sunset aro, aroace, and ace" edits, which is where the family name comes from. [4] A standalone aroace flag followed on 11 October, introduced as "an attempt I made at creating an aroace flag that isn't just the aro and ace flags stacked on top of each other" and "heavily inspired by the oriented aroace flag that @biaroace created". [2] Two months later the blog replaced it. [1] Besides these the blog has made sunset aro and sunset ace variants, storm and rain aroace flags, and pastel aro, ace and aroace flags. [4]
This was primarily made with the experiences of aroaces who don't split their attraction in mind since that's how I feel and why I made it in the first place (also why it's not purple and green) but any aroace-spectrum person can use it and there's no need to credit me as it's meant to be a community symbol.
Here's an attempt I made at creating an aroace flag that isn't just the aro and ace flags stacked on top of each other.
Revised aroace flag after some conversation among community members! The old flag I made can be found here, but I decided to change it after some criticisms that I received.
I won't stop anyone from using this one, but I think it's important to know that changes have been made.
Motivations
- To represent aroace people as a combined identity rather than by stacking the aromantic and asexual flags together. [2]
- To design for aroace people who do not split their attraction, which is why the flag avoids asexual purple and aromantic green. [1]
Stated inspirations
Attribution notes
The flag is credited to the Tumblr blog aroaesflags, which posted the first version on 11 October 2018 and the revision on 11 December after community criticism. [2][1] The designer described the flag as a community symbol and said credit was not needed for it. [1] No name behind the handle has been verified, and no pronouns are recorded here for that reason.
Origin
- Digital Origin
- Yes
Digital origin; no verified physical location.
Digital origin. Both the first version and the revision were posted on the aroaesflags Tumblr blog. [2][1]
Dates & Chronology
- Year Created
- Exact date
- Earliest located publication
- Period in Use
- 2018–present
The revised design is the aroace flag most often reproduced in community spaces and reference guides, and it coexists with earlier stacked designs and with other alternates. [5][6]
Major revisions
First version. Two shades of blue for aroace identity, yellow for love and relationships outside amatonormative conventions, pink for passion, purple for independence. The blue hue was taken from biaroace's oriented aroace flag, and the stripe count was chosen to link the design to the aromantic flag.
Revision after community criticism. Pink and purple are dropped; orange enters for community, chosen because it sits between asexual purple and aromantic green in the opposite direction from the blue; white takes over the aplatonic and nonamorous meaning that purple had carried.
Aroace people sit at an intersection that community discourse often collapses into either "ace" or "aro", and both of this designer's versions were made to give that intersection a symbol of its own rather than a stack of two existing flags. [2] The palette carries the argument: neither aromantic green nor asexual purple appears in either version. [1]
Lineage
- Indirect influences
- Earlier stacked / combined aroace flag variants, Rainbow Pride Flag
- Related flags
- A-Spec Pride Flag, Aromantic Pride Flag, Asexual Pride Flag
One design influence is documented, and the designer names it: the oriented aroace flag by biaroace, from which the blue hue is taken. [2][1] That flag has no entry here yet, so the influence is recorded in words rather than as a link.
The aromantic and asexual flags are conceptual reference points rather than parents. The design defines itself against them by leaving their colours out, which is the opposite of derivation, and both are recorded as related. The superseded first version of 11 October 2018 is the same designer's earlier draft of this flag rather than a separate design, and is documented in the revision history above.
Colors & Symbolism
The palette argues by avoidance. Neither asexual purple nor aromantic green appears, and the two colours that carry the flag both sit between them on the colour wheel, the blue in one direction and the orange in the other. [1] The designer's reason is that the flag was "primarily made with the experiences of aroaces who don't split their attraction in mind since that's how I feel and why I made it in the first place (also why it's not purple and green)". [1]
| Colour | Hex | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Orange | #E28C00 | Community. "Orange, like blue, is in between ace purple and aro green on the color wheel, just in the other direction. This represents both the unity of ourselves as aroaces as well as our places in both the aro and ace communities." [1] |
| Yellow | #ECCD00 | "Love and relationships that exist outside of conventional and amatonormative ideas of romantic and sexual relationships." [1] |
| White | #FFFFFF | Wholeness. "used to represent aroaces who are aplatonic, nonamorous, or otherwise not seeking a committed partnership, and also how we are all whole people on our own." [1] |
| Light Blue | #62AEDC | The aroace identity and the spectrum of aroace identities and experiences. "The color is between aromantic green and asexual purple, which is an idea I got from @biaroace and their oriented aroace flag." [1] |
| Dark Blue | #203856 | The aroace identity and the spectrum of aroace identities and experiences, in the second of the two shades the designer gives one meaning to. [1] |
Measured from the artwork the designer posted with the flag. [3]
This flag has no official digital palette. Color values shown are approximate.
The meanings are the designer's own, published with the flag and quoted here from that post. The post gives one meaning to the two blues together rather than a meaning for each. [1]
They replaced an earlier set. The flag of 11 October 2018 had bands for passion (pink) and independence (purple), the purple carrying the aplatonic and nonamorous reading and, in the designer's words, serving "as a link to the asexual flag"; its blues were explained as linking the design to the aromantic flag through the stripe count as well as the hue. [2] In the revision the pink and purple are gone, orange arrives for community, and white takes over the aplatonic and nonamorous meaning. [1][2]
The designer published no hex list in words, giving the colours instead by their position on the colour wheel relative to asexual purple and aromantic green. [1] The five values above are measured from the 1,280 by 768 PNG posted with the flag, so the set that circulates is the designer's own artwork rather than a community reconstruction. [3]
Design
- Aspect Ratio
- 3:5 · standard
- Ratio Notes
- The designer published no proportion in words, but the artwork posted with the flag is 1,280 by 768 pixels, a width to height of exactly 5:3, which is 3:5 read as hoist to fly. The standardised ratio and the designer's own file agree. [3]
- Orientation
- horizontal
- Stripe Count
- 5
- Layout
- horizontal_stripes
- Stripes (Top → Bottom)
- Orange, Yellow, White, Light Blue, Dark Blue
Five horizontal bands of equal depth. In the designer's own 1,280 by 768 file the bands run about 153 rows each. [3]
Five equal horizontal bands, top to bottom: orange, yellow, white, light blue, dark blue. No emblem. [1][3]
Five horizontal bands of equal depth running orange, yellow, white, light blue and dark blue from top to bottom. [3] Neither aromantic green nor asexual purple appears, which is the design's central choice. [1]
Usage & Adoption
- Online Usage
- Widely reproduced in online community spaces and reference guides. [5]
- Current Status
- widely used
The most widely used aroace flag in current community practice, coexisting with earlier stacked designs and other alternates. [5][6]
Image Archive
Creator-era artwork (2018)
Discourse & Debates
- Multiple aroace flag designs exist, at least eleven as counted by Gayety. This one is the most widely adopted but not the only one. [6]
- Aroace is sometimes represented as the aromantic and asexual flags combined, a framing both of this designer's versions were made against. [5][2]
- Whether aroace needs its own flag at all, or whether the existing ace and aro flags together are sufficient. Aroace community members argue that their experience is not the sum of being ace and aro but a distinct position.
Common misidentifications
- Confused with earlier stacked aromantic-plus-asexual flag combinations.
- The first version of 11 October 2018, in blue, yellow, pink and purple, is sometimes reproduced as though it were the current flag. The designer superseded it on 11 December and left a note on the old post saying so. [2]
Criticisms
Footnotes & Citations
Sources and footnotes 9 sources
- 1. Social media Revised Aroace Flag (original Tumblr post). aroaesflags. Tumblr (2018-12-11). Accessed 2026-08-16
The flag as published, with the designer's own meaning for each band and the statement that credit is not required.
- 2. Social media [Edit] This flag has been changed after come.... aroaesflags. Tumblr (2018-10-11). Accessed 2026-08-16
The superseded first version, with its own meanings, the credit to biaroace's oriented aroace flag, and the note added later pointing readers to the revision.
- 3. Image file page Revised aroace flag, artwork as published. aroaesflags. Tumblr (2018-12-11). Accessed 2026-08-16
The designer's own file: 1,280 by 768 pixels, exactly 5:3, drawing #E28C00, #ECCD00, #FFFFFF, #62AEDC and #203856.
- 4. Social media Sunset aro, aroace, and ace. aroaesflags. Tumblr (2018-10-05). Accessed 2026-08-16
The "Sunset aro, aroace, and ace" set of 5 October 2018 that gives the family its name. Three images and one line of text.
- 5. Reference Pride Flag Guide: Aroace. Library.LGBT (Albany Pride initiative). Library.LGBT Pride Flag Guide. Accessed 2026-03-09
A flag guide that cites nothing and names no author. Used for corroboration of current circulation only.
- 6. Articles & Reports What You Need To Know About The Aroace Flag. Gayety (2022-09-02). Accessed 2026-03-17
- Encyclopedias & Reference Aroace. VexiWiki. Accessed 2026-03-09
- Encyclopedias & Reference Aromantic asexual. LGBTQIA+ Wiki (Fandom). Accessed 2026-03-17
- Encyclopedias & Reference Aroace. LGBTQIA+ Wiki. lgbtqia.wiki (2026-01-01). Accessed 2026-07-24
Image Sources
- Rendering
- Revised five-band design, 11 December 2018
- Credit: aroaesflags, 11 December 2018Rights Creator-authorised community use; the designer stated that credit is not required for this flag. [1]
- Credit: Encycloflaggia, drawn from the designer's own fileRights Reconstruction by this archive, at the designer's measured values. [3]
- The revised flag as aroaesflags posted it on 11 December 2018, 1,280 by 768 pixels. The colour values in this entry are measured from this file. [1][3] · Credit: aroaesflags · aroaesflags on Tumblr, 11 December 2018