Aromantic Spectrum

Experiences little to no romantic attraction toward others.

Definition

Experiences little to no romantic attraction toward others.

Flag

Aromantic Spectrum flag · Designer: Cameron Whimsy · November 2014 (third version)

The green stripes are the complementary color of red (the color of romance) - green represents aromanticism as the conceptual "other side" of romance.

Colour codes: Aromantic Spectrum flag
Stripe	HEX	RGB	CMYK	Pantone	Meaning
1	`#3DA542`	61,165,66	C:63 M:0 Y:60 K:35	n/a	Aromanticism / the aro spectrum
2	`#A7D379`	167,211,121	C:21 M:0 Y:43 K:17	n/a	The spectrum of aromantic experiences
3	`#FFFFFF`	255,255,255	C:0 M:0 Y:0 K:0	n/a	Platonic & aesthetic attraction; QPRs
4	`#A9A9A9`	169,169,169	C:0 M:0 Y:0 K:34	n/a	Gray-romantic and demiromantic people
5	`#000000`	0,0,0	C:0 M:0 Y:0 K:100	n/a	The sexuality spectrum (aro people exist across all sexual orientations)

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Etymology

Greek a- (without) + romantic.

History

Emerged within asexual communities online in the early-to-mid 2000s as people began distinguishing romantic from sexual attraction using the Split Attraction Model. Solidified as a distinct community identity with the current flag designed in 2014.

Demiromantic, one of the spectrum's sub-identities, has its own flag; see the Demiromantic flag.

Common myths

"Aromantic people are incapable of love." Aromantic people can love deeply - they simply don't experience romantic attraction.
"Aromantic and asexual are the same." Independent dimensions - a person can be aromantic and sexually active, or asexual and romantically attracted.
See the full comparison: Asexual vs Aromantic.