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Originally posted by Arthritis
It was designed in 1978 and originally had 8 colours:
Color Meaning
Hot Pink: Sexuality
Red: Life
Orange: Healing
Yellow: Sunlight
Green: Nature
Turquoise: Magic/art
Indigo/blue: Serenity/harmony
Violet: Spirit
Gilbert Baker (the man who designed it) was said to be inspired by Judy Garland's Somewhere Over The Rainbow, and/or the hippie movement with their 60's "Flag of All Races" |
Came here to say this. There's a whole wiki article on Judy Garland being a gay icon, and the Wizard of Oz is a 1930's movie, so there was a lot of influence.
