Colorbar

The colorbar was created by s. (However, he initially used seven colors rather than the six below.)

The simple image spread throughout LiveJournal extremely quickly, and within days, thousands of replies were posted to the first journal entry. While the original . The message Marriage is love saw a wide number of (often humorous) variants emerge, though they usually continued to include the fragment is love in some way. This text is commonly made into a link that points back to the colorbar s creator.

One year later, colorbars are common across LiveJournal and other similar websites, and new ones continue to be created frequently. There are even a number of discussion communities devoted to the creation and distribution of such images. One website hosts an isLove Generator that will semi-randomly create simple HTML colorbars for users.

=Dispute=

Many people believe the way colorbars are used an expression of love for nearly any subject degrades and mocks the original intent - showing support for gay marriage.

=Examples=

[http://www.livejournal.com/~miss_jaffacake American Pie is summer love]

[http://www.livejournal.com/community/thedailyshow/662442.html The Daily Show is the most important love ...ever.]

=External links=

*[http://www.livejournal.com/users/shared_boxers/578528.html shared_boxers: Show Your Support] – The original post *[http://www.livejournal.com/users/ratkrycek/314292.html ratkrycek: A meme I felt I should be passing on.] – Black and blue colorbar example *[http://www.dutchfurs.com/~haze/islove/ isLove Generator]