Rainbow flags

Last modified: 2005-05-13 by antónio martins
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Some rainbow flags

• (diversity, tolerance and solidarity:)
  • Gay pride rianbow flag
  • «PACE» flags (Italy)
  • «Nie wieder Hiroshima» flag (Austria)
  • International Cooperative Organization (1925-2003)
• (other rainbows:)
  • Inca flag
  • Jewish Autonomous Region (Russia)
  • The International Order of Rainbow for Girls
  • Utrecht University flag (The Netherlands)

About rainbow flags

There is a wide number of different “rainbow flags”. The best known is of course the Gay Pride Rainbow Flag, but also mentionworthy are the Italian Peace Flag — which is right now in wide use in Italy in a campaign to have it hanging from the balcony of those against the Iraq war, the Quechua-Aymara Inca-flag, or the International Co-operative Alliance Organization.
António Martins, 08 Feb 2003

The colors of the rainbow, considering only the optical phenomenon of difraction, merge seamlessly throughout the spectrum, but human cultures has tried to distinguish discrete colors. At least in the Western societies, seven colors are classically recognized:

• red,
• orange,
• yellow,
• green,
• blue,
• indigo and
• violet.