Reciproromantic Pride Flag (creator unknown)
Identity Pride Flag · uncertain–present
A pride flag for reciproromantic identity, representing the experience of feeling romantic attraction only when the other person is attracted to you first. The creator is unknown; the design is attributed to a deactivated Tumblr user. The flag uses five horizontal stripes: pink, light pink, light green, white, and black. It forms a natural pair with the reciprosexual pride flag, substituting green (referencing the aromantic flag) for the reciprosexual flag's purple (referencing the asexual flag). [1]
Key facts
- Designer
- Unknown (attributed to a deactivated Tumblr user)
- In use
- uncertain–present
- Aspect ratio
- 3:5 · standard
- Stripes
- 5
- Represented identity
- reciproromantic
Also known as
- Recipromantic Flag
- reciproromantic
- recipromantic
Status Canonical
Archive categories Sexuality Pride Flags
Overview
To provide a visual symbol for reciproromantic identity, which describes the experience of feeling romantic attraction only when the other person is attracted to you first.
The flag emerged from the Tumblr MOGAI community, likely during the 2015 to 2016 period of active micro-label flag creation. It appears to have been designed as the romantic counterpart to the reciprosexual pride flag, sharing the same pink and light pink stripes but substituting green for purple to reference the aromantic rather than asexual spectrum.
Identity & Context
- Represented identity
- reciproromantic
- Subcommunity
- aromantic spectrum
Creators
Attribution
- Primary designer
- Unknown (attributed to a deactivated Tumblr user)
Attribution notes
The designer is unknown. The flag is attributed to a deactivated Tumblr user. Unlike the reciprosexual flag, no DeviantArt archive post has been identified for this variant, making its provenance even less certain.
Origin
- Digital origin
- true
No verified physical origin location. Without a confirmed location, Indigenous land context cannot be attributed.
Originated in the Tumblr MOGAI community. The original post has been lost due to the creator's account deactivation.
Dates & Chronology
- Period in use
- uncertain–present
The flag circulates in online a-spec and aro-spec flag guides. It is documented by Library.LGBT. [1]
The reciproromantic flag and the reciprosexual flag form a natural pair. Both share pink and light pink stripes, but the reciproromantic flag uses a light green stripe (referencing the aromantic pride flag) where the reciprosexual flag uses a lilac/purple stripe (referencing the asexual pride flag). This pairing pattern is common in the MOGAI micro-label flag ecosystem, where sexual and romantic variants of the same identity often share a base design with one color swapped to signal spectrum affiliation.
Lineage
- Direct predecessors
- Aromantic Pride Flag
- Related flags
- A-Spec Pride Flag, Reciprosexual Pride Flag (creator unknown)
- Sibling flags
- Aroflux Pride Flag, Demiromantic Pride Flag, Frayromantic Pride Flag, Lithromantic / Akoiromantic Pride Flag (2014), Quoiromantic Pride Flag (2015, Cor / epochryphal)
- Lineage confidence
- low
The green stripe is understood as a reference to the aromantic pride flag, situating reciproromanticism within the aromantic spectrum. The design parallels the reciprosexual flag, which substitutes purple for green. No explicit lineage statement from the creator has been recovered.
Lineage tree
Every record reachable from this one through documented parent and child relationships: 3 records across 3 generations.
- Ancestors -2
- Aromantic Pride Flag (Yellow Center, 2014)
- Ancestor
- Aromantic Pride Flag
- This record
- Reciproromantic Pride Flag (creator unknown)
Colors & Symbolism
The flag represents reciproromantic identity, the experience of feeling romantic attraction only when the other person is attracted to you first. The color palette moves from warm pinks (attraction) through green (aromantic spectrum) to white (lack of attraction) and black (asexuality/aromanticism). [1]
| Colour | Hex | Meaning | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pink | #ED6D8E | Attraction. Shared with the reciprosexual flag. [1] | Approximation. No creator-published hex values have been located. |
| Light Pink | #F2A2BD | Attraction. Shared with the reciprosexual flag. [1] | Approximation. No creator-published hex values have been located. |
| Light Green | #8DC26F | Reference to the aromantic pride flag, distinguishing this from the reciprosexual variant which uses purple to reference the asexual pride flag. [1] | Approximation. No creator-published hex values have been located. |
| White | #FFFFFF | Lack of attraction. [1] | Standard white. |
| Black | #000000 | Asexuality and aromanticism. [1] | Standard black. |
This flag has no official digital palette. Color values shown are approximate.
Color meanings are inferred from Library.LGBT and from the parallel structure with the reciprosexual flag. No creator-published meanings have been recovered. [1]
No creator-published hex specification has been located. The hex values listed here are approximations sampled from commonly circulated reproductions and are not from an authoritative source. White and black are assumed standard values.
Design
- Aspect ratio
- 3:5 · standard
- Orientation
- horizontal
- Stripe count
- 5
- Layout
- stripes_only
- Stripes (top → bottom)
- Pink, Light Pink, Light Green, White, Black
Five horizontal stripes of equal width.
Five horizontal stripes of equal width, top to bottom: pink, light pink, light green, white, black.
A pride flag for reciproromantic identity consisting of five horizontal stripes of equal width. From top to bottom: pink, light pink, light green, white, and black. The design is identical to the reciprosexual flag except that the central stripe is green (referencing the aromantic flag) rather than purple (referencing the asexual flag). [1]
Usage & Adoption
- Online usage
- Documented in online pride flag databases including Library.LGBT. [1]
- Current status
- active
A niche micro-label flag with circulation primarily in online aro-spec and MOGAI communities.
Discourse & Debates
Common confusions
- Sometimes confused with the reciprosexual pride flag, which shares the same pink and light pink stripes but uses a purple stripe instead of the green stripe.
Reciproromantic is sometimes shortened to recipromantic. The identity is situated within the aromantic spectrum, describing conditional romantic attraction that is contingent on the other person's attraction.
Claims & Verification
Each claim below is shown with its source confidence and, where accounts conflict, the documented dispute.
fact Confidence: low
The reciproromantic pride flag was created by an unknown Tumblr user whose account has been deactivated.[1]
fact Confidence: high
The flag uses five stripes: pink, light pink, light green, white, and black from top to bottom.[1]
interpretation Confidence: medium
The green stripe replaces the purple stripe found in the reciprosexual flag, referencing the aromantic rather than the asexual spectrum.[1]
Footnotes & Citations
Url
- 1. Recipromantic. Library.LGBT. Accessed 2026-04-26
Pride flag database entry for the reciproromantic flag. Documents the design and its relationship to the reciprosexual flag. [ARCHIVE NOTE 2026-07-25: Library.LGBT became unreachable in July 2026 — multiple pages confirmed dead by the site owner on 2026-07-25 and 2026-07-24, while search-engine caches still listed its pages, indicating a recent disappearance. Citations to it predate the outage (consulted 2026-03) and are retained as historical record; body text can no longer be re-verified. Upgrade path: Wayback Machine snapshots. Its loss is itself a documented instance of link rot among flag archives.]
Image Sources
- Rendering
- Reconstruction
- Version
- Unknown creator, date uncertain
- Visual fingerprint
- Five horizontal stripes: pink, light pink, light green, white, black
- Proportion verified
- No
- Colour verified
- No
- Design verified
- No
Archive Notes
Low confidence overall. The creator is unknown, the original post has been lost, no DeviantArt archive post has been identified (unlike the reciprosexual counterpart), and hex values are approximations. The design is documented only in Library.LGBT.
Unknowns
- Identity of the original creator
- Original creation date
- Creator-published hex values
- Whether color meanings are designer-intended or community-assigned
- Whether a DeviantArt or other archive post exists
- License or rights status
Research gaps
- Wayback Machine capture of the original Tumblr post
- Identification of the deactivated Tumblr account
- Search for a Pride-Flags DeviantArt post for this specific variant
- Official hex values from the original design file