It was hoisted from the Valencia City Hall on 25 June 2015, the day before the Pride Day. The flag with the same pattern was used again in Valencia in 2015. This flag employs the pattern (top-down) of: blue, violet, red, orange, yellow, green, and was used at the Madrid Pride 2008.
It is worth noting that it also shows an ordinary rainbow flag, hoisted on a building in background - indeed, most rainbow flags used at the event were such, as revealed by the selection of photos from This photo has been much reproduced on the Web, like The pattern (top-down) is: blue, violet, red, orange, yellow, green. One of the best known examples is from the Gay Pride flags sometimes have the rainbow colors in "unordered" pattern - that is, not following the order in which they naturally appear within the rainbow. Image by Tomislav Todorović, 5 October 2014 Most of colors were in rather dark shades, yellow and red being particularly conspicuous in that regard. There, the orange stripe was omitted, while the other colors remained in unchanged order, with purple at the hoist and red at the fly. Image by Tomislav Todorović, 23 August 2019Ī version with five stripes arranged vertically was used in Australia, at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, on 7 March 2015. Another photo, which gives only an incomplete view, can be found here. The photo of this flag can be found here. This flag was used at the 6th Kerala Queer Pride, which took place at Thiruvananthapuram on 11 July 2015. Image by Tomislav Todorović, 25 August 2018Īnother variant with five stripes omits the violet stripe, while the order of others remains unchanged, with blue (lighter than usual) at the top and red at the bottom.
The reason for this is unclear, since the usual six-striped rainbow flag is not unknown in India, as some of the above sources reveal. Image by Tomislav Todorović, 26 June 2015Īt least one of the flags seen in Mumbai, India, on 16 August 2009 did replace red and orange stripes with a single orange-red stripe, while keeping the unusual order of other colors, as shown here. Keywords: rainbow flag | stripes: 6 | smiley | labrys | earth | map: earth | hat: cowboy | aids | pirate | crossed bones | heart (black) | aids | matlovich (leonard) | This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Gay Pride/Rainbow Flag - Variations with order and number of stripes Sexual Orientation Flags Gay Pride/Rainbow Flag - Variations with order and number of stripes