Rainbow flag facts for kids
The rainbow flag is a colorful flag with stripes like a rainbow. People around the world use it as a sign of how different and welcoming everyone can be. It shows that many different people and ideas can come together. The German pastor Thomas Müntzer used a rainbow flag as a symbol of unity in the 1500s. It is also a common symbol for the Peace movement. It was first used this way in a peace march in Italy in 1961.
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A Spiritual Teacher's Flag (1924)
In 1924, an Indian spiritual teacher named Meher Baba designed his own rainbow flag. This flag is flown every year near his tomb in Ahmednagar, India. This happens on January 31, which is the anniversary of his death in 1969.
Meher Baba explained what the colors meant. He said the flag shows how people grow from basic feelings like anger (red) to a very high state of spirituality and being connected with God (sky blue).
Rainbows in Religious History (1944)
The rainbow is also an important symbol in the Christian and Jewish Bible. It shows God's promise to Noah and his family to never cover the world in water again.
A Christian group called Cursillo, started in 1944, uses these traditional rainbow symbols, including flags. Their flag can have 5 to 7 colors. It usually has red at the top and blue or purple at the bottom. It often has the Spanish words De Colores! ("of colors") written on it.
The Peace Movement Flag (1961)
This rainbow flag in Italy was first used in a peace march in 1961. It was inspired by similar colorful flags used in protests against nuclear weapons. The most common version has seven colors: purple, blue, light blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. It also has the Italian word PACE, meaning "peace", written boldly on it.
The Pride Flag (1978)
The rainbow flag has also been a symbol for a community of people since it was created in 1978. It is also known as the 'Pride Flag.' Gilbert Baker from San Francisco, California created this flag in 1978. It represents pride and acceptance for this community.
Images for kids
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Illustration of a flag using prism and non-prism rainbow colors
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Replica Rainbow Banner of Thomas Müntzer's Mühlhäuser band.
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Rainbow flag proposed for Armenia by artist Martiros Saryan
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Flag of Cusco, 2021
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Marchers carry the LGBT pride flag at the pride parade on Christopher Street Day, Berlin, Germany (1997)
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Parada Równości, Warsaw, Poland (2006)
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"Pace da tutti i balconi": peace flags hanging from windows, Milan, Italy, (March 2003)
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Statue of Thomas Müntzer waving a rainbow flag, Stolberg, Germany (2007)
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LGBT flag at Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2006)
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French official Memorial to Gilbert Baker (artist), Place des Emeutes de Stonewall, Paris, Le Marais, France
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Finish line of "Civil Rights Walk Across America" by Richard Noble, Jacksonville, Florida (2012)
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Patriots of Russia, 2005–2013
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Jewish Gay Pride flag (Stockholm Pride, Sweden, 2015)
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LGBT health awareness
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Rainbow Family of Living Light banner
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Circular Rainbow Flag of Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony
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Rainbow protest flag used by Not in Our Name
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See also
In Spanish: Bandera arcoíris para niños
