For this flag, purple represents asexuality, white represents allosexuality, and gray represents the transition between asexuality and allosexuality, which in turn is meant to represent the infrequent or low feelings of sexuality that gray-asexual people may feel on occasion. A flag specifically for gray-asexuality was created by Milith Rusignuolo and uploaded to Wikimedia Commons on J. Gray-asexuals are represented by the gray stripe of the asexual community flag, which was created collaboratively within the community in 2010. In the 2019 Ace Community Census, gray-asexuals made up about 10% of ace respondents. The term has since become one of the most common ace identity terms after asexuality itself. Preceded by earlier discussion of 'semisexuality,' the term 'gray-a' was first used in a 2006 AVEN thread of the same name by AVEN user KSpaz, who dedicated a thread to the 'fuzziness' in between asexual and allosexual. Reasons for identifying as gray-asexual may include experiencing sexuality infrequently, at low intensity, or in an ambiguous way. Gray-asexual, also known as graysexual or gray-A, refers to the gray area of the asexual spectrum.
