• The term ‘beige flag’ dates back to 2022, but it’s become increasingly popular on TikTok nowadays.
• Users are using it to endearingly expose their partners’ odd and otherwise random behavioral traits.
• One person described the term to Insider as something between a red and a green flag.

Social media has become an obsessive place to dissect “red” and “green” flags in prospective partners – sometimes almost losing any meaning, where any trait can be labeled great or alarming.

These days, a new classification is arising on TikTok: “beige flags.” Hordes of users on the app are using the term to expose their partners’ funniest personality traits or inexplicable behavioral tics – things that don’t fall squarely in the red or green flag territory, as one TikToker described it to Insider. Continue reading →