‘To fuel this important conversation, we’ve expanded the colors of the flag to include black and brown. The city’s new campaign, More Color, More Pride, looks to be more inclusive of LGBTI individuals of color who are often left out of mainstream LGBTI discussion. Red to represent life, orange to represent healing, yellow to represent sunlight, green to represent nature, indigo to represent harmony, and violet to represent spirit.īut Philadelphia is looking to make the flag have eight colorful stripes again – this time with the addition of black and brown. Originally having eight colors, hot pink and turquoise being removed due to the lack of availability of those dyes, the now-famous flag consists of six colors. The iconic rainbow flag was designed by the late Gilbert Baker in 1978.
