"A guide and escort of unusual reliability." from the southern Indian language Malayalam. [1] [2]
Blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and a large seven-pointed star in the lower hoist-side quadrant known as the Commonwealth or Federation Star, representing the federation of the colonies of Australia in 1901; the star depicts one point for each of the six original states and one representing all of Australia's internal and external territories; on the fly half is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation in white with one small five-pointed star and four larger, seven-pointed stars.
Three equal horizontal bands of light blue (top), white, and light blue; centered in the white band is a radiant yellow sun with a human face known as the Sun of May.
http://www.portalargentino.net/simbolos/bandera.htm
| Name | RGB | HTML | HSV | CIELab | Pantone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sky Blue | 155, 196, 226 | 9bc4e2 | 210, 40, 100 | L82.429 a-5.085 b-26.90 C27.382 | N21-01 |
| White | 255, 255, 255 | ffffff | 0, 0, 100 | L99.999 a0.0 b0.0 C0.0 | N36-01 |
| Golden Yellow | 255, 205, 51 | ffcc33 | 5, 80, 100 | L85.892 a1.4863 b76.102 C76.117 | N2-03 |
| Black | 0, 0, 0 | 000000 | 0, 0, 0 | L0.0 a0.0 b0.0 C0.0 | N36-06 |
history
The state flag was adopted on June 5, 1911 by an act of the General Assembly. The flag was adopted to be used on all occasions when the state is officially and publicly represented, with the privilege of use by all citizens upon such occasions as they deem fitting and appropriate. Laws pertaining to use of the National flag are also applicable to use of the State flag.
The flag was originally designed by Andrew Carlisle Carson. Controversy also arose over the size of the letter C and on March 31, 1964, the General Assembly further modified the 1911 legislation by revising the distance from the staff for the letter C and its diameter. Citations: Senate Bill 118, 1911; Senate Bill 152, 1929; Senate Bill, 1964.
design details
The flag consists of three alternate stripes of equal width and at right angles to the staff, the two outer stripes to be blue of the same color as in the blue field of the national flag and the middle stripe to be white, the proportion of the flag being a width of two-thirds of its length. At a distance from the staff end of the flag of one fifth of the total length of the flag there is a circular red C, of the same color as the red in the national flag of the United States. The diameter of the letter is two-thirds of the width of the flag. The inner line of the opening of the letter C is three-fourths of the width of its body or bar, and the outer line of the opening is double the length of the inner line thereof. Completely filling the open space inside the letter C is a golden disk, attached to the flag is a cord of gold and silver, intertwined, with tassels, one of gold and one of silver.
colors
Precise colors of red and blue were not designated in the 1911 legislation and some controversy arose over these colors. On February 28, 1929, the General Assembly stipulated the precise colors of red and blue as the same as the national flag.
The text above is from the official Colorado Flag site.
The blue and red are legally defined as the same as the US national flag:
blue Pantone 281 CMYK 100 72 0 32 RGB #0031ad red Pantone 193 CMYK 0 100 66 13 RGB #de004b
The yellow doesn't appear to be defined.
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