eOrion Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 I made this, as a basic concept for an aspec flag Black - lack of attraction purple- asexuality green-aromanticism white- community blue-aplatonic grey-spectrum of identities. what do people think? ♥ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 I like it. Simple, and I like the meaning of the colours (and the colours ) I am curious to know what other a-spec think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coyote Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 I think there are at least three or so of these out there -- might be worth seeing how they compare. Not sure what all of them are though. @raavenb2619 @running.tally would y'all know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neir Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 It's a pretty flag. I like that you chose six stripes - it departs from both the aro and ace flags and makes it unique. The greater number of stripes also makes sense for a big community. I think the grey could maybe be a little lighter to better differentiate it from the black (perhaps #999999) but it's otherwise nice in terms of contrast. The green and purple might be a bit too much of a contrast, but for me personally, only the green is a little too bright. One thing I'm worried about is that the inclusion of blue makes it look similar to @Magni's aroace flag. In general, though, there is a longstanding debate about what should be used as a-spec (umbrella) flag colours vs. aroace (specific identity) flag colours. So as far as I'm concerned, you can do whatever you want hahaha. There are a few other a-spec flags out there, yes. I compiled a post of the ones I knew of recently HERE. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eOrion Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 4 hours ago, running.tally said: The green and purple might be a bit too much of a contrast, but for me personally, only the green is a little too bright. I made this version too originally which may help the contrast a little, but also makes it look a little more like the aroace flag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Note : the brightness of the colours… depend if you are on mobile or on your laptop. For me, at least. 2 hours ago, eOrion said: I made this version too originally which may help the contrast a little, but also makes it look a little more like the aroace flag? It look like one of the aroace flags with a black strip, now that i think about it… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eOrion Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 3 hours ago, Cristal Gris said: Note : the brightness of the colours… depend if you are on mobile or on your laptop. For me, at least. Brightness is a good point! I have my phone and laptop on low brightness always so, i guess its a little less bright for me whoops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misanthropy Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 21 hours ago, eOrion said: I made this, as a basic concept for an aspec flag Black - lack of attraction purple- asexuality green-aromanticism white- community blue-aplatonic grey-spectrum of identities. what do people think? ♥ I love it! Think the grey can be lighter but otherwise this looks awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 51 minutes ago, eOrion said: Brightness is a good point! I have my phone and laptop on low brightness always so, i guess its a little less bright for me whoops For me, the colours are more saturated on my phone. It's not just brightness. Right now i am on my laptop and it look alright. But again, that's just me ^^ That being said, maybe the grey could be just a bit lighter, i agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raavenb2619 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 I agree with the gray being lighter. I'm very used to the "iconic" aro green and ace purple, so I'm not a huge fan of the green and purple you chose, but I can see it growing on me in the future. Another possible option, (and this might also help to distinguish it from an aroace-as-a-specific-identity flag, would be to use the alternate aro green (and by analogy, make an alternate ace purple)? I'll explain by referencing variation 4 from running.tally's list of flags. Numbering the colors 1-5 from top to bottom, I'd call colors 1 and 5 the primary aro and ace colors because of how widespread their usage is. (And also, most people use only 1 and 5 for making a specific-aroace flag). If instead you opted to use colors 2 and 4 (alternate aro and alternate ace), they'd have some sense of familiarity since they're (well, the alternate aro, at least) found in flags, but also a sense of something new (and if you wanted to read into symbolism, you could say that the choice of alternates is a reminder to talk about the narratives that most people ignore). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogObsessedLi Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Sorry for the question but what is aplatonic? I like the idea of an A-spec flag, mainly because L has a flag, G has a flag, B has a flag (etc etc without painfully listing), irrespective of talking about romantic attraction or sexual attraction. I agree about the colours though - the typical purple and green of ace and aro respectively should be used. I didn't even know there was an aroace specific flag, I would have guessed that aroace would be half aro flag and half ace flag in some way, and I don't necessarily see how this can't be used for A-Spec more generally. Just my 2 cents! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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