Ceteroromantic Pride Flag (Four-Stripe Heart, 2016)
Identity Pride Flag ·
Pride-Flags published this ceteroromantic design on May 10, 2016. It adapts the four-stripe ceterosexual/skoliosexual design credited to SavvyRed. [1][2] A large outer heart marks the romantic adaptation by keeping the yellow, green, white, and black bands saturated inside it and lightened outside it. A second, smaller magenta heart remains inside the larger heart as part of the underlying design. A five-stripe companion version was posted seconds earlier. [3][2]
Key facts
- Designer
- Unknown
- Created
- Publication on DeviantArt
- In use
- 2016 to present
- Aspect Ratio
- 3:5 · standard
- Stripes
- 4
- Represented Identity
- ceteroromantic
Also known as
- Ceteroromantic Pride Flag (1)
- Ceteroromantic Pride Flag
- Ceteroromantic Flag
Status Variant
Archive categories Sexual & Romantic Orientation Pride Flags
Overview
No creator statement has been located. The description defines the term rather than the design. [1]
Pride-Flags published the four-stripe design on 10 May 2016 as "Ceteroromantic Pride Flag (1)", a 5000 by 3000 file, applying the centred-heart treatment it used across that day's batch to SavvyRed's ceterosexual/skoliosexual design. The five-stripe companion went up two seconds earlier. [1][2][3]
Identity & Context
- Represented Identity
- ceteroromantic
- Subcommunity
- nonbinary-attracted umbrella
Ceteroromantic names romantic attraction to nonbinary people. The deviation defines the pair of terms it illustrates as "Cetero- / Skolio-: Feeling attraction to non-binary individuals". [1]
Creators
Associated Figures
SavvyRed
Designer of the underlying Cetero- / Skolio- design
Credited by the Pride-Flags deviations as the source of the Cetero- / Skolio- design this romantic version adapts. The four-stripe page links their post as "Flag source"; the five-stripe companion names them as the original's designer. [1][2]
Pride-Flags
Publisher and high-resolution rendering source
A DeviantArt archive of pride flag artwork. It published both May 2016 ceteroromantic files, seconds apart, and claims the five-stripe redraw as its own work based on SavvyRed's original. [1][2]
Attribution notes
Four roles are distinct here. SavvyRed designed the underlying ceterosexual/skoliosexual flag; the four-stripe deviation links their post as "Flag source", and the five-stripe companion says "Cetero- design by me, based on the original by" SavvyRed. [1][2] Pride-Flags published this file and supplied the high-resolution rendering. The designer of the exact four-stripe romantic adaptation is not identified on its own deviation. The five-stripe companion redraw is claimed by Pride-Flags as based on SavvyRed's original. No physical location is documented.
Origin
- Digital Origin
- Yes
Digital origin; no verified physical location.
Digital origin on DeviantArt. No physical origin is documented. [1]
Dates & Chronology
- Year Created
- Publication on DeviantArt
- Period in Use
- 2016 to present
The design circulates in flag archives. No formal organizational adoption and no documented retail use have been located. [1]
Chronology: an Asexual Ceteroromantic combination flag was published on 23 April 2016; the dedicated four-stripe and five-stripe ceteroromantic designs followed on 10 May 2016. The April combination flag is an earlier related artifact, not the first public use of this design. [4][1][2] "Cetero- / Skolio- (3)" of 9 July 2016 is not a romantic-specific flag and belongs to the ceterosexual family. [5] Terminology history for cetero-, skolio-, ceteroromantic and skolioromantic is not settled by the flag sources, and naming histories for the sexual terms do not establish a chronology for the romantic ones.
Lineage
- Direct predecessors
- Skoliosexual / Ceterosexual Pride Flag (SavvyRed, 2013)
The underlying ceterosexual/skoliosexual design by SavvyRed is the documented source, linked from the deviation itself as "Flag source". [1][2] The five-stripe item published seconds earlier on 10 May is a coordinated ceteroromantic variant rather than a separate lineage. The Asexual Ceteroromantic combo flag of 23 April 2016 is an earlier related combination artifact. "Cetero- / Skolio- (3)" of 9 July 2016 belongs to the ceterosexual design family, not to this romantic record: its own description gives it as a Cetero- / Skolio- design "by Anonymous" made "to be more accessible for people with eye-strain and other sensory issues". [5]
Lineage tree
Every record reachable from this one through documented parent and child relationships: 2 records across 2 generations.
- This record
- Ceteroromantic Pride Flag (Four-Stripe Heart, 2016)
Colors & Symbolism
Two heart devices do different work. The large outer heart is the romantic-orientation marker, created by lightening the field outside it and leaving the bands saturated inside it. The smaller thick magenta heart is inherited from the underlying ceterosexual/skoliosexual design. [3][1]
| Colour | Hex | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | #FFFC01 | Yellow, in the reading inherited from the underlying SavvyRed design; no meaning was published on the ceteroromantic deviation. [1] |
| Green | #218D03 | Green, in the reading inherited from the underlying SavvyRed design; no meaning was published on the ceteroromantic deviation. [1] |
| White | #FFFFFF | White, in the reading inherited from the underlying SavvyRed design; no meaning was published on the ceteroromantic deviation. [1] |
| Black | #000000 | Black, in the reading inherited from the underlying SavvyRed design; no meaning was published on the ceteroromantic deviation. [1] |
| Magenta (both hearts) | #F656EA | — |
| Pale yellow (field) | #FFFE80 | — |
| Pale green (field) | #90C681 | — |
| Grey (field) | #808080 | — |
These hexadecimal values are exact measurements from the cited 5000 by 3000 source PNG. They document that artifact rather than a creator-issued color specification. [3]
- Outer heart
- The romantic-orientation marker: a thin magenta outline whose interior keeps the bands saturated while the field outside is lightened. It is the treatment Pride-Flags used across its 10 May 2016 batch. [3]
The deviation defines the term, "Cetero- / Skolio-: Feeling attraction to non-binary individuals", and publishes no colour meanings. [1] Stripe readings therefore come from documentation of the underlying SavvyRed design and are inherited rather than statements made on this deviation. The two hearts are separate devices and are not collapsed here into one magenta-edged heart.
Eight values measured from the 5000 by 3000 source PNG downloaded from the deviation: four saturated band values inside the heart, the magenta of both heart devices, and the lightened field values outside it. The white band is unchanged between field and heart; the black band lightens to grey. [3] Compressed preview derivatives of the same image carry one-step shifts and are not used as a palette source.
Design
- Aspect Ratio
- 3:5 · standard
- Orientation
- horizontal
- Stripe Count
- 4
- Layout
- horizontal_stripes
- Stripes (Top → Bottom)
- Yellow, Green, White, Black
- Center Symbol
- Outer heart with a smaller inner heart
Four equal horizontal bands of 750, 750, 751 and 749 rows in a 5000 by 3000 field. A large thin magenta heart about 45 pixels thick spans roughly x 864 to 4136, its lobes reaching the top edge and its point the bottom. A smaller heart of about 250 pixel stroke sits inside it, spanning roughly x 1660 to 3345 and y 590 to 2115. Both outlines in the reconstruction are traced from the source raster. [3]
Four equal bands, a large outer heart acting as a saturation mask with a thin magenta outline, and a smaller thick magenta heart inherited from the base design. [3]
Four equal horizontal bands of yellow, green, white and black, lightened across the field and saturated inside a large magenta-outlined heart, with a smaller thick magenta heart inside it. [3]
Usage & Adoption
- Current Status
- circulating online
The design circulates in flag archives. No formal organizational adoption and no documented retail use have been located. [1]
Image Archive
Earlier Related Combination
2016 Publication
Coordinated Variant
Archive Reconstruction
Discourse & Debates
Common misidentifications
- Three design identities are easily conflated here: the four-stripe ceteroromantic design of 10 May 2016, its five-stripe companion from the same minute, and "Cetero- / Skolio- (3)" of 9 July 2016, which is not a romantic flag at all. [1][2][5]
The deviation defines the term it illustrates as "Cetero- / Skolio-: Feeling attraction to non-binary individuals." [1] Skolioromantic is discussed as related terminology rather than treated as a title of this artifact, because no located source applies that title to this design.
Footnotes & Citations
Sources and footnotes 6 sources
Image file page
- 1. Ceteroromantic Pride Flag (1). Published by Pride-Flags. DeviantArt (2016-05-10). Accessed 2026-08-16
This record's primary publication, 5000 by 3000, timestamped 04:35:31 UTC. Links SavvyRed's post as "Flag source" and names no designer for the romantic adaptation.
- 2. Ceteroromantic (2). Published by Pride-Flags. DeviantArt (2016-05-10). Accessed 2026-08-16 · Archived version
The five-stripe companion, timestamped 04:35:29 UTC, two seconds before the four-stripe file. Description: "Cetero- design by me, based on the original by" SavvyRed.
- 3. Source PNG behind the four-stripe publication, 5000 by 3000. Published by Pride-Flags. DeviantArt (2016-05-10). Accessed 2026-08-16 · Archived version
The downloaded file, measured for this entry: 358,744 bytes, bands 750/750/751/749, and the eight values published in Colors. Both heart outlines in the reconstruction are traced from it.
- 4. Asexual Ceteroromantic Combo Flag. Published by Pride-Flags. DeviantArt (2016-04-23). Accessed 2026-08-16 · Archived version
An earlier combination artifact, cited to place it correctly in the chronology rather than as this design's first publication.
- 5. Cetero- / Skolio- (3). Published by Pride-Flags. DeviantArt (2016-07-09). Accessed 2026-08-16
Cited only to record that it is a Cetero- / Skolio- design rather than a romantic one. Its description reads "This design is by Anonymous. Created to be more accessible for people with eye-strain and other sensory issues!"
Social media
- 6. FAQ. pride-color-schemes. Tumblr. Accessed 2026-08-16
The associated archive's gallery policy, cited for the reuse statement's scope.
Image Sources
- Rendering
- the four-stripe double-heart design published 10 May 2016
- Encycloflaggia reconstruction of the four-stripe ceteroromantic design · Credit: Base design by SavvyRed; romantic adaptation designer unknown; reconstruction by Encycloflaggia · Encycloflaggia · reconstructionRights Archive-produced reconstruction; both heart outlines traced from the 2016 source PNG
- The 5000 by 3000 file published by Pride-Flags on 10 May 2016 · Credit: Published by Pride-Flags; base design credited to SavvyRed · DeviantArt · verified
- "Asexual Ceteroromantic Combo Flag", published 23 April 2016. An earlier related combination artifact rather than an earlier publication of this design. Measured #000000, #959595, #FFFFFF and #660066. [4] · Credit: Published by Pride-Flags · DeviantArt · Gallery reuse statement located; no formal licence
- The source artifact and this record's primary image: 5000 by 3000 pixels, published by Pride-Flags on 10 May 2016 as "Ceteroromantic Pride Flag (1)". Both hearts are visible: a thin magenta outer heart and a thick magenta inner one. [1][3] · Credit: Published by Pride-Flags; base design credited to SavvyRed · DeviantArt · Gallery reuse statement located; no formal licence
- "Ceteroromantic (2)", the coordinated five-stripe companion published two seconds earlier on 10 May 2016. It adds a magenta band and carries the large outer heart but not the smaller inner one. Measured saturated #FFFC01, #218D03, #F556E9, #FFFFFF and #000000. [2] · Credit: Published by Pride-Flags; redraw claimed by the archive as based on SavvyRed's original · DeviantArt · Gallery reuse statement located; no formal licence
- The archive's reconstruction. Both heart outlines are traced from the source raster rather than approximated with generic shapes. [3] · Credit: Base design by SavvyRed; romantic adaptation designer unknown; reconstruction by Encycloflaggia · Encycloflaggia reconstruction · Archive-produced reconstruction, subject to the rights status of the underlying design