bisexual pride flag
The bisexual pride flag is a flag design representing the bisexual community. It was designed in 1998.
History
Michael Page designed the flag in 1998 in order to give the bisexual community its own symbol, comparable to the successful use of the rainbow flag by the entire LGBT community. His aim was to increase the visibility of bisexuals, both among society as a whole and within the LGBT community.
Other symbols in use at the time (such as the overlapping inverted pink and blue triangles) were considered insufficiently colorful and prominent for use as a flag or had restrictions on their use (such as being trademarks).
Design
The magenta (pink) stripe at the top of the flag represents sexual attraction to the same sex only (gay and lesbian); the royal blue stripe at the bottom of the flag represents sexual attraction to the opposite sex only (straight); the stripes overlap in the central fifth of the flag to form a deep shade of lavender (purple), which represents sexual attraction to both sexes (bi).
The flag's aspect ratio is not fixed but 3:2 and 5:3 are often used, in common with most other flags.
Another interpretation of the flag is that the top portion of the flag represents women in the pink, and the bottom represents men in the blue. The overlaping of these two colors represents the sexual attraction towards both sexes. ==Colors==
- Pantone Color #226--Magenta (Hex: #D70270) (RGB: 215, 2, 112)
- Pantone Color #258--Deep Lavender (Hex: #734F96) (RGB: 115, 79, 150)
- Pantone Color #286--Royal (Hex: #0038A8) (RGB: 0, 56, 168)
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