The first, albeit short lived, pride flag was similar to the colours as above, though reversed with pink at the top (Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Turquoise, Indigo, Violet). It was soon after that the pink was removed due to cost/availability (can’t remember exactly off the top of my head).
Pink was removed so that there would be six colors. This was done so that when the flag was hung on lamp-posts as a banner, there would be three colors on each side, iirc
It seems that the turquoise stripe was dropped, …“to create an even number of stripes for display on each side of the streetlamps on Market Street for the 1979 Gay Freedom Day parade.”
Actually the Pride flag has red on top, this image is not accurate.
The first, albeit short lived, pride flag was similar to the colours as above, though reversed with pink at the top (Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Turquoise, Indigo, Violet). It was soon after that the pink was removed due to cost/availability (can’t remember exactly off the top of my head).
Pink was removed so that there would be six colors. This was done so that when the flag was hung on lamp-posts as a banner, there would be three colors on each side, iirc
It seems that the turquoise stripe was dropped, …“to create an even number of stripes for display on each side of the streetlamps on Market Street for the 1979 Gay Freedom Day parade.”
https://www.glbthistory.org/rainbow-flag
The pink was due to availability by the Paramount Flag Company when they started being made beyond what could be handmade.
I knew it was one of the colors that was dropped for the street lamps! Thanks for the clarification