The flag appears in a variety of shades, from light blue to turqoise to teal. Tomislav Todorović, 10 January 2016
Light blue variants
image by Tomislav Todorović, 10 January 2016
Photograph found online of black and white symbol on light blue field. Symbolism and use unknown. David B. Lawrence, 3 August 2009
An example which is undisputedly light blue was photographed in Jerome, Arizona, on 23 June 2010. The photo of another flag with the same description can be found here, and the flag seen in Santa Cruz, California, on 3 March 2012 also seems to match the description, as well as the one from Minneapolis, Minnesota, which was photographed on 11 August 2007.
image by Tomislav Todorović, 10 January 2016
Even the flags whose field can be described like light blue sometimes display color which may incline toward turquoise. Such was the case with the flag seen in London, UK, on 5 August 2009, the one from San Francisco, California, photographed on 20 March 2010, or the one photographed on the same day in Washington, DC, while there are also those whose color is not easy to classify, as was the case in Miami, Florida, on 17 November 2008. On some flags, the color should better be classified as turquoise, such as the one from San Francisco, California, photographed on 18 March 2007, the one from Washington, DC, seen on 15 September 2007, or the one photographed in the same city on 6 October 2011, as well as the flag from Le Havre, France, photographed on 21 May 2011. When darker, the color may look more like teal, like the example from Calgary, Alberta, which is seen on 25 March 2012, or the one photographed from Denver, Colorado, on 19 July 2014. But even in those cases, it is not always easy to describe the color, for it may incline a bit towards the blue. Such was the case with the flag from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which was seen on 3 March 2007, as well as the one from Lawrence, Kansas, which was seen on 10 June 2009. The flag was probably originally meant to display the sky blue color, but was changed by age and weather on some flags, while others might have been modelled after those aged items and created with turquoise or teal color. Tomislav Todorović, 10 January 2016
image by Randy Young, 21 December 2014; modified by Tomislav Todorović, 4 January 2015
Photograph found online of black and white symbol on dark green field. Symbolism and use unknown. David B. Lawrence, 3 August 2009
The flag with the dark green field is currently offered for sale at iOffer. Its photo reveals that the color shade is actually FOTW color V++ or very close and the ratio is 3:5, just as stated at the page. Tomislav Todorović, 4 January 2015
image by António Martins, 5 August 2007; modified by Tomislav Todorović, 4 January 2015
Yet another variant of the nuclear disarmament symbol we cover at FOTW.
This one is black on pink, regular "peace" symbol, centered on 2:3 flag. I got it from a brochure from the US NGO Mothers for Peace, where it shows a photo of an actual flag. Since, however, the said brochure is printed in duotone black and pink on white paper, this could be a differently-colored peace symbol flag. It is anyway divulged in these colors by Mothers for Peace.
Any other isntance of this coloring, or should we consider this a local US political flag, instead of a design in worldwide use? António Martins, 5 August 2007
I think the image is colored pink, via graphic manipulation, merely to match the overall pink-colored theme of the poster. Ned Smith, 22 August 2007
I believe this has to do with Code Pink, a feminist anti-war (anti-Iraq war, mostly) group founded a few years ago. I don't think they operate outside the US. Eugene Ipavec, 22 August 2007
Maybe we'll see this emerge as a feminist-pacifist flag? Less likely flag globalizations have occured in the past, notably the "pace" flag.
I was not under the impression that the flag photo shows an originally pink flag, but rather a duotone colored design. Even so, that is the design that is made public in the leaflet and possibly in other media, and that's what I wanted to represent. António Martins, 22 August 2007
This flag is also for sale online. Randy Young, 3 November 2014
The only photo currently available at eBay reveals that the field is in deep pink. I modified Ant nio's original image. Tomislav Todorović, 24 December 2014
The photo of the flag with the pink field, which is offered for sale at eBay, reveals that the ratio is 3:5, just as stated at the page. Tomislav Todorović, 4 January 2015
Variant with black and white peace sign on purple field is offered for sale by several online shops, such as here, here, and here. Tomislav Todorović, 21 May 2017
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple stripes (Rainbow peace flag) with white peace sign and the word "PEACE" in white letters on orange stripe. Symbolism, use, and significance unknown. Randy Young, 21 December 2014
This flag is used in the USA and Canada primarily as the sexual orientation flag, but sometimes also as a pacifist symbol - an evolution similar to the one which the Italian rainbow flag underwent in the USA, but in the opposite direction. As a pacifist symbol, the flag was used, together with several other pacifist flags, by the members of the Martha's Vineyard Peace Council in 2008, during the July 4th parade in the town of Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard island. Tomislav Todorović, 28 January 2016
image by Tomislav Todorović, 17 January 2016
Rainbow flag - violet at the top - charged with a large peace sign in white, fimbriated black, was hoisted in Berkeley, California, in May 2014. Tomislav Todorović, 17 January 2016
The color pattern is: white, dark blue, medium blue, light blue, green, yellow, orange, red; word "PEACE" is inscribed in white over dark and medium blue stripes, larger part over medium blue; white peace sign is placed over light blue, green, yellow and orange, in center of the area comprising these four stripes. The shades of medium and light blue are actually rather close to each other in terms of luminosity, so that it is sometimes not easy to distinguish between them. Tomislav Todorović, 17 January 2016
My mate and I spotted this flying at a scout camp/music festival that we were at over the weekend. (Click here for link to Facebook post.) Kevin Siondaile, 26 June 2016
A variant with the field in Rastafarian colors was photographed in Los Angeles, California, on 16 October 2011 and in Santa Cruz, California, on 3 March 2012. Another version of this variant, with the peace sign over the Rastafarian tricolor, no white areas within the sign and black border all around, was photographed in Los Angeles, California, on 15 October 2011, during the Occupy Los Angeles protests. Tomislav Todorović, 24 December 2014 & 2 January 2015
image provided by Tomislav Todorović, 9 January 2016
Variant with red field and peace sign in gold color can be seen here. The photo was taken during the East China Sea voyage made by a Greenpeace team in October and November 2015 on the ship Rainbow Warrior. It makes part of the photo album posted here. Tomislav Todorović, 9 January 2016
I have a sneaking suspicion that the colors of the flag were deliberately chosen to mimic the colors of the Chinese flag, since the Greenpeace mission took place in the East China Sea. If so, I wonder if there have been other instances of the Peace Sign flag being displayed in colors from a specific national flag in order to send a message to that country? Randy Young, 9 January 2016
This is an interesting idea and requires more exploring, both about this particular flag and the others which might exist. Until more info is revealed, nothing could be said for sure, though. Tomislav Todorović, 10 January 2016
image provided by David B. Lawrence, 3 August 2009
Yellow canton with globe as background for dark blue peace sign. Field composed of stripes of purple, pink, orange, brown, black, dark blue, medium blue, light blue, dark green, light green, yellow, orange, and red. Actual use of design unknown. Randy Young, 21 December 2014
The text, which announced a pacifist action in Belgium - hoisting of peace flags throughout the country from 21 September to 7 October 2009 - does not reveal the origin of the photo, so it cannot be decided whether the displayed flag was used at that time, nor anything else about it. The colors set might have been borrowed from the International Banner of Peace (Roerich Movement flag), although nothing can be said about it with certainty. Tomislav Todorović, 2 June 2015
Variant with the red peace sign on yellow field was photographed in San Francisco, California, on 20 March 2004. The photographer actually wanted to record the flag with the peace sign on the rainbow swirl field, which occupies most of the photo, but still he did also catch the yellow flag with the red sign which was flown farther behind and is visible just beneath the main photographed flag. Tomislav Todorović, 2 July 2016
image by Tomislav Todorović, 19 May 2017
Another variant, with the peace sign in black and white, is offered for sale by various sellers, such as here, here, here, and here. Tomislav Todorović, 19 May 2017
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![[Green peace sign variant]](../images/q/qt-p_grn.gif)
![[Pink nuclear disarmament variant]](../images/q/qt-p_pnk.gif)
![[Purple peace sign variant]](../images/q/qt-p_pur.gif)
![[Rainbow peace sign variant]](../images/q/qq-rbpsi.gif)
![[Rainbow peace sign variant]](../images/q/qt-p_nd5.gif)
![[Rainbow peace sign variant]](../images/q/qt-p_nd6.gif)
![[Peace sign on swirled rainbow field]](../images/q/qt-p_rsw.gif)
Kevin Siondaile, 26 June 2016![[Rastafarian peace sign variant]](../images/q/qt-p_ras.gif)
![[Rastafarian peace sign variant with black border]](../images/q/qt-p_ras2.gif)
![[Red and gold peace sign variant]](../images/q/qt-p_nd4.gif)
![[Striped peace sign variant]](../images/p/peace005-1.jpg)
![[White field peace sign variant]](../images/q/qt-p-nd3.gif)
![[White field peace sign variant]](../images/q/qt-p_nd8.gif)
![[Yellow field peace sign variant]](../images/q/qt-p_nd7.gif)
![[Yellow field peace sign variant]](../images/q/qt-p_yel.gif)
