For instance, the original flag, created by Gilbert Baker in 1978, was comprised of eight colored stripes stacked on top of each other, not the six we see today. I also learned that Baker assigned a specific meaning to each color: pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for magic, indigo for serenity, and violet for spirit. In 1979, the pink was dropped due to a shortage of pink fabric, and indigo and turquoise were replaced with blue due to concerns about the legibility of the lighter colors.
