Aesthetic Attraction

Aesthetic attraction is a form of [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Physical_Attraction physical attraction] to a person's appearance. It is defined as an attraction to the way someone looks, or how they present themselves. It is typically based on a desire to observe someone because one finds them aesthetically pleasing. It is often described as a similar feeling to looking at a nice painting or landscape. One way of experiencing aesthetic attraction is a stronger desire to admire or gaze at a person; their physical features, their curves and shape, their bearing, how they move, how they dress, etc.

Among [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Allosexual allosexuals] and/or [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Alloromantic alloromantics], aesthetic attraction is commonly felt alongside [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Sexual_Attraction sexual] and/or [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Romantic_Attraction romantic attraction], and is sometimes considered a necessary element of the experience. However, aesthetic attraction can sometimes be felt separately from other forms of attraction. In the [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/A-Spec a-spec] community, it is typically useful to distinguish aesthetic attraction from sexual and romantic attraction.

An aesthetic crush is known as a swish or a thete, although the terms are not widely used. Someone that a person has an aesthetic connection/relationship with could be called one's idol. Aesthetic attraction is most commonly associated with the color pink. One who does not experience aesthetic attraction may identify as a-aesthetic or [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Nonaesthetic Nonaesthetic].

History
One of the earliest known uses of the term "aesthetic attraction" among asexuals was in 2005, on the AVEN forums. Since then it has been commonly included in lists of subtypes of attraction.

Flag
The flag was coined by Anamika on December 6th, 2020. The first shade of pink represents people with [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Neutral neutral] or [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Genderless genderless] aesthetics. The second shade of pink represents people with [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Androgynous androgynous] or [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Genderfluid fluid] aesthetics. The third shade of pink represents people with [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Feminine feminine] or [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Xenic xenic] aesthetics. The fourth shade of pink represents people with [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Masculine masculine] or [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Faunagender animalistic]/[./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Otherkin non-human] aesthetics. The white represents [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Attraction attraction], and represents how vast the spectrum of attraction can be. Orange represents [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/A-spec a-spec] people with aesthetic attraction. Lighter orange represents people with multiple attraction types. Gold represents breaking past societies expectations of attraction. Light yellow represents peace, unity, and community. The circle with the colors represent all races, as many races have different aesthetics due to their culture. It is also there as a nod to [./https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/QPoC QPoC], who are highly under appreciated.

When someone wants to show a certain attraction is aesthetic they will put that attractions flag in flower shape.

An alternate flag was created by FANDOM user Zer0Rebel4. Magenta represents alloaesthetics (those who experience aesthetic attraction), pink represents greyaesthetics (those who rarely experience aesthetic attraction), orange for nonaesthetics, yellow for demiaesthetics (those who only experience aesthetic attraction to those they're close with), and white for aesthetic attraction and black for the spectrum of aesthetic attraction.

Another alternate aesthetic attraction flag was designed by Reddit user u/MIRROR 11 on May 17, 2020.