Aroflux Flag (Starri-Niqht, 2021)
Identity Pride Flag ·
Three stripes, pink over grey over black, for the fluctuating end of the aromantic spectrum. Later identity-wiki documentation attributes the design to the Fandom user Starri-Niqht and dates it 14 January 2021; no post or file page by Starri-Niqht has been recovered, so the attribution is carried as reported. [1] The earliest copy that can still be opened is Pride-Flags' reproduction on DeviantArt of 13 February 2021, which credits Starri-Niqht in its own description. [2]
Key facts
- Designer
- Starri-Niqht (attributed)
- Created
- Earliest inspectable copy
- Documented
- 2021 to the present, in online circulation
- Aspect Ratio
- 3:5 · standard
- Ratio Notes
- The archive's production ratio. No ratio is documented and the two surviving copies disagree: Pride-Flags' reproduction is 5,000 by 3,000 pixels, which is exactly 3:5, and the wiki's file is 960 by 720, which is 3:4. [2][3] Each is a property of its own file.
- Stripes
- 3
- Represented Identity
- Aroflux people, whose position on the aromantic spectrum fluctuates over time
Also known as
- Aroflux Flag (Starri-Niqht attribution, 2021)
- Aroflux Alternative Flag
Status Variant
Archive categories Sexual & Romantic Orientation Pride Flags
Overview
A three-stripe alternative to the original aroflux flag, replacing that design's red-to-green gradient with pink, grey and black. Later documentation dates it to 14 January 2021 and credits the Fandom user Starri-Niqht; the earliest copy that survives in an openable form is the reproduction Pride-Flags published on DeviantArt on 13 February 2021, whose description repeats the date and the credit. [1][2]
Identity & Context
- Represented Identity
- Aroflux people, whose position on the aromantic spectrum fluctuates over time
- Subcommunity
- aromantic spectrum
Aroflux is a romantic orientation on the aromantic spectrum describing people whose level of romantic attraction fluctuates. An aroflux person may move between experiencing aromanticism, grayromanticism, and alloromanticism.
Creators
The Creator
Starri-Niqht
Attributed designer
A Fandom user credited by identity wikis and by Pride-Flags with this aroflux design, the handle spelled with a q rather than a g. Nothing published under the name has been recovered, and nothing further about them has been documented. [1][4][2]
Attribution notes
Attributed to the Fandom user Starri-Niqht. Two identity wikis and one DeviantArt reproduction carry the attribution and the date of 14 January 2021 in almost the same words, and the Sexuality Wiki's caption links to a user page for Starri-Niqht on its own site. [1][4][2] Nothing published by Starri-Niqht has been recovered, so the credit is retained as reported rather than treated as creator testimony.
The LGBTQIA+ Wiki's reference for its Starri-Niqht sentence is a 2016 Pride-Flags deviation, which cannot document a 2021 design; the same reference number is attached to a different flag in the article's image captions, so the citation appears to have been reused rather than checked. [1] The wiki also warns on its own pages that much of it "comes from a time when resourcing was not required" and asks readers to verify claims externally. The Sexuality Wiki cites Pride-Flags' 2021 reproduction, which is the stronger link in the chain and still not the designer speaking. [4][2]
Origin
- Place Type
- online community
- Digital Origin
- Yes
Digital origin; no place of creation documented.
No place of creation is documented. The design is first documented on identity wikis and reproduced on DeviantArt; where it was made, and on what platform it first appeared, are not recorded. [1][2]
Dates & Chronology
- Year Created
- Earliest inspectable copy
- Documented
- 2021 to the present, in online circulation
- Creation Bounds
- Later documentation dates the design to 14 January 2021, both on the LGBTQIA+ Wiki and in the description Pride-Flags published with their reproduction. [1][2] No post, upload record or file page by Starri-Niqht has been recovered, so that date is reported rather than verified against anything the designer published. The earliest copy that can still be opened directly is Pride-Flags' DeviantArt reproduction, published 13 February 2021 at 08:50:01 UTC. [2] That reproduction is a mirror, not the design's first appearance.
Circulation is identity wikis and the Pride-Flags gallery. Nothing outside those has been located. [1][4][2]
Several alternative aroflux flags are documented besides this one, among them an accessibility-minded redesign by the Tumblr user the-circus of 16 February 2020, and the Sexuality Wiki's gallery collects about a dozen. [1][4]
Lineage
An alternative to the original aroflux flag, which Pride-Flags published on DeviantArt on 4 July 2015 at 5,000 by 3,000 pixels. That posting carries the definition the term circulated with, in three parts: "someone who's romantic orientation fluctuates but always stays on the aro spectrum. (ex. one day you're demiro, another day lithro, the next aro, etc)"; "someone who's romantic orientation fluctuates from, experiencing romantic attraction, some romantic attraction, & experiencing no romantic attraction"; and the note that "some people who are aroflux feel as if they are alloromantic at times, while other aroflux people don't feel that way," that they "can be romance repulsed, romance indifferent / neutral/apathetic towards romance, or romance positive," and "can have any sexual orientation." [5] The wikis call this design an alternate flag for the same identity, which is what the record supports: no source says it was drawn from the earlier design, and its pink, grey and black share nothing with that flag's red-to-green gradient. Nothing connects it to the rainbow flag either, and the three-stripe form is not evidence of one.
Colors & Symbolism
Pink, grey and black for a spectrum running from strong alloromantic feeling through a middle ground to the absence of romantic attraction, as reported by the documentation that carries the design.
| Colour | Hex | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Pink | #FF8FF0 | Feeling strongly alloromantic. Reported meaning, not a statement by the attributed designer. |
| Grey | #A3A3A3 | A middle ground between the two. Reported meaning, not a statement by the attributed designer. |
| Black | #000000 | Lack of romantic attraction. Reported meaning, not a statement by the attributed designer. |
Measured from the surviving wiki file
The stripe meanings come from the documentation rather than from Starri-Niqht. The LGBTQIA+ Wiki and Pride-Flags give them in the same words: the design "uses pink to represent feeling strongly alloromantic, black to represent lack of romantic attraction, and grey to represent a middle ground between the two." [1][2] No statement by the attributed designer has been located.
Measured from the surviving wiki file, 960 by 720 pixels, which carries three flat fills and no antialiasing between them. [3] No creator specification has been located, and the values differ from those given by colour-code sites, which describe a duller pink.
Design
- Aspect Ratio
- 3:5 · standard
- Ratio Notes
- The archive's production ratio. No ratio is documented and the two surviving copies disagree: Pride-Flags' reproduction is 5,000 by 3,000 pixels, which is exactly 3:5, and the wiki's file is 960 by 720, which is 3:4. [2][3] Each is a property of its own file.
- Orientation
- horizontal
- Stripe Count
- 3
- Layout
- horizontal stripes
- Stripes (Top → Bottom)
- pink, grey, black
Three equal horizontal stripes. Measured on the surviving wiki file, 960 by 720 pixels: each band is exactly 240 rows, with no blending between them. [3]
Three equal horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: pink, grey and black.
Usage & Adoption
- Online Usage
- LGBTQIA+ Wiki and Sexuality Wiki identity articles [1][4], Pride-Flags' DeviantArt gallery, from 13 February 2021 [2]
- Current Status
- Online circulation only; no documented use
Documented circulation is two identity wikis and one DeviantArt gallery. No case of use has been located under this database's definition: a wiki or a gallery reproducing a design is documentation of it, not a user of it. [1][4][2]
Image Archive
Surviving copy of the design
Discourse & Debates
Common misidentifications
- Not the original aroflux flag, which Pride-Flags published in 2015 as a red-to-green gradient and which remains the design most guides show. [5]
- Pride-Flags published this design in their gallery but did not make it: their description credits Starri-Niqht. [2]
Footnotes & Citations
Sources and footnotes 6 sources
- 1. Community Aroflux. LGBTQIA+ Wiki. Accessed 2026-08-16 · Archived version
The wiki that carries the attribution, the date and the colour meanings, read in a December 2024 capture because the site blocks automated access. Its reference for the Starri-Niqht sentence is a 2016 Pride-Flags deviation, which cannot document a 2021 design.
- 2. Designer page Aroflux (3). Pride-Flags. DeviantArt (2021-02-13). Accessed 2026-08-16 · Archived version
The earliest copy of this design that can still be opened, published 13 February 2021 at 08:50:01 UTC and read in a November 2024 capture. Its description credits the flag to Starri-Niqht and gives the same date and colour meanings the wikis carry. The file is 5,000 by 3,000 pixels. Pride-Flags reproduce the design here; they do not claim it.
- 3. Community File:Alt-aroflux-flag.png. LGBTQIA+ Wiki. Accessed 2026-08-16 · Archived version
The file page for the surviving wiki copy, read in a July 2025 capture. It gives the dimensions, 960 by 720 pixels at 13 KB, and records the current revision as a 22 January 2022 bot import from the LGBTA Fandom Wiki. It names no image author and no original upload date.
- 4. Community Aroflux. Sexuality Wiki (Fandom). Accessed 2026-08-16 · Archived version
The Sexuality Wiki's aroflux gallery, read in a November 2024 capture. It lists this design as "Alternate Aroflux Flag by Fandom user Starri-Niqht", links that name to a user page on its own site, and cites Pride-Flags' 2021 reproduction.
- 5. Designer page Aroflux (1). Pride-Flags. DeviantArt (2015-07-04). Accessed 2026-08-16
The original aroflux flag, published 4 July 2015 at 5,000 by 3,000 pixels with the three-part definition the term circulated with. The gallery grants blanket permission, "All designs in this gallery are HQ and are free to use for anything pride-related!", while the page also carries the notice "© 2015 - 2024 Pride-Flags"; the permission is a stated intention rather than a named licence, and the two sit side by side on the page. Engagement as shown: 38 favourites, 2 comments, 4,800 views. Cited for the parent design, not for this one.
- Community Aroflux. MOGAI Wiki. Accessed 2026-03-31
Image Sources
- Rendering
- surviving wiki-hosted copy of the design; not a reconstruction
- Credit: Design attributed to Starri-Niqht; surviving copy hosted by the LGBTQIA+ Wiki, imported from the LGBTA Fandom Wiki. Image author not named.Rights Not established. No rights statement by the attributed designer has been located. The wikis publish their page content under CC BY-SA 4.0, which covers those pages rather than the underlying flag design.
- The design as it survives on the LGBTQIA+ Wiki, 960 by 720 pixels. Measured here: pink #FF8FF0, grey #A3A3A3, black #000000. · Credit: Design attributed to Starri-Niqht; copy hosted by the LGBTQIA+ Wiki. · LGBTQIA+ Wiki file store