The group from Open House were all dressed in red. Here, one young woman carried a red umbrella used as a parasol.

One fellow marching with the Museums contingent vigorously blew a whistle and carried his parasol high and waved it as if he were carrying a sign instead.

The crowd that was the Google contingent danced and cavorted in mass down the street. In the middle, yet masked from view, was someone holding a parasol.

One young woman in the parade carried a blue paper parasol. Sunlight illuminated her face through the parasol casting her image into a blue tint.

Among others dressed drably that afternoon, this one woman carried a huge, bright rainbow umbrella, wore a rainbow hat, and a rainbow bracelet.

A woman waved at the crowds from a float. Behind her and almost invisible against the rainbow background was a light pink parasol that was intended to match her feather boa.

One fellow carried a purple paper parasol that was decorated with flower blossoms.

A woman held a blue paper parasol overhead while clutching it near its top. The illusion is created that it was held high overhead, yet it was actually no higher than normal.

Wearing a peace symbol on her tie-dyed-looking shirt, she carried a huge rainbow umbrella.

Dressed as Zippy The Pinhead, this woman rode on a float and carried a modest paper parasol for shade.

A young woman with black hair carried a black umbrella used as a parasol. Yet when she waved, she showed off a rainbow wristband.

Wearing heart shaped sunglasses, she carried a white lace parasol to accent her pink dress.

She carried a black umbrella used as a parasol to shade herself. But the black lace edging caused her arms, face and chest to be accented with patterned shadows.

Modeling a black leather corset, she held a light blue paper parasol to protect her heart painted face from the sun.

She carried a beige colored parasol embossed with a lace pattern that shadowed her skin as if by a spider's web.