Baker saw the rainbow as a natural flag from the sky, so he adopted eight colors for the stripes, each color with its own meaning (hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit). Why is Pride Month in June? Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The Lesbian Pride flag has 7 primary colors, which are dark orange, orange, light orange,.