No. 055 · Community
Puppy pride flag
Black, blue, and white diagonal stripes from the leather flag with a red bone in the center, for the pup play community.
Also known as Pup pride flag, Pup play flag, Puppy play pride flag
Help us verify this flag
This flag is widely shared, but we have not been able to confirm some details from reliable sources yet:
- Who designed the flag: Pup Flip Gray or Jeff Hull (Grungepup)
If you know this flag's history, its designer, or a trustworthy source, please tell us through the submission form. Any help in verifying it is greatly appreciated.
- Creator
- Pup Flip Gray, with input from Grungepup Jeff's Puppy Pride Flag Design group (not confirmed)
- Introduced
- 2011
- Design
- Solid field with diagonal blue and white stripes and a red bone
- License
- Public domain
- Used by
- The pup play community, part of the wider leather and kink community
What the colors mean
Black #000000
Shared with the leather pride flag, the community pups belong to.
Blue #000098
Shared with the leather pride flag.
White (wider stripe) #FFFFFF
The diversity of the pup community.
Red bone #FB0102
A pup's loving, nonjudgmental heart.
History
The puppy pride flag was finished in May 2011. According to its Wikimedia Commons page, Pup Flip Gray created it with input from more than 1,000 members of Grungepup Jeff's Puppy Pride Flag Design group on Facebook, and released it to the public domain as the official flag of International Puppy. Other sources credit Jeff Hull (Grungepup) himself, so the designer is not fully confirmed.
The design borrows the black, blue, and white of the leather pride flag, turned on a diagonal, with a wider white stripe for the diversity of the community.
The red bone in the center stands for a pup's loving, nonjudgmental heart.
Questions and answers
What do the colors of the Puppy flag mean?
Black: Shared with the leather pride flag, the community pups belong to. Blue: Shared with the leather pride flag. White (wider stripe): The diversity of the pup community. Red bone: A pup's loving, nonjudgmental heart.
Who created the Puppy flag?
Its designer has not been confirmed. It dates to 2011. If you know more, please tell us through our submission form.
What are the Puppy flag hex codes?
#000000 (black), #000098 (blue), #FFFFFF (white (wider stripe)), #FB0102 (red bone).
Can I download the Puppy flag?
Yes. Wikimedia Commons lists this flag design as public domain (File:Puppy Play Pride Flag.svg). Its Commons page says the designer released it to the public domain on May 10, 2011. Free to use for any purpose.
Download
Wikimedia Commons lists this flag design as public domain (File:Puppy Play Pride Flag.svg). Its Commons page says the designer released it to the public domain on May 10, 2011. Free to use for any purpose. Read the license.
Where to buy
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Related flags
Sources
- File:Puppy Play Pride Flag.svg, Wikimedia Commons
- Puppy pride flag, Queer in the World
- Leather pride flag, Wikipedia
Last reviewed 2026-11-03 by Erika Castillo, editor. Spot an error? Suggest a correction.