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Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox flagTemplate:Culture of Colombia The national flag of Colombia symbolizes its independence from Spain, won on 20 July 1810. It is a rectangular horizontal tricolor composed of yellow, blue and red in a 2:1:1 ratio. The yellow stripe takes up a half of the flag, while the blue and red stripes take up a quarter each. Its origins date back to the flag of Gran Colombia created by Francisco de Miranda in the early 1800s. It was officially adopted by law on 26 November 1861.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

DesignEdit

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Flag of Colombia atop Castillo San Felipe de Barajas in Cartagena, Colombia.
File:Flag of Colombia (construction sheet).svg
Construction sheet of Colombia national flag.

The horizontal stripes (from top to bottom) of yellow, blue and red tricolor have a ratio of 2:1:1. The Colombian flag, the flag of Ecuador, and the flag of Venezuela are all derived from the flag of Gran Colombia. The stripes of the Colombian and Ecuadorian flags are different from most other tricolor flags because the three stripes are not equal sizes. In contrast, the flag of Venezuela is a more conventional tricolor due to its evenly sized stripes.

Official colors of the Colombian flag have not been established by law. The Flags and Anthems Manual for the 2012 Summer Olympics lists the following colors:<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

File:Flag of Colombia.svg
Color scheme 		Yellow Blue Red
Pantone 116 287 186
RGB (hex) 255-205-0 (#FFCD00) 0-48-135 (#003087) 200-16-46 (#C8102E)
CMYK 0-20-100-0 100-64-0-47 0-92-77-22

SymbolismEdit

According to the government of Colombia, the colors of the flag represent:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The flag's colors have other representations, such as blue for loyalty and vigilance, red for the victory of battles for Colombian independence, and yellow for sovereignty and justice.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

HistoryEdit

Francisco de Miranda originally created the common yellow, blue, and red flag of Gran Colombia that Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, with slight variations, share today. Miranda gave at least two sources of inspiration for his flag. In a letter written to the Russian count Semyon Vorontsov and the German philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Miranda described a late-night conversation he had had with Goethe at a party in Weimar during the winter of 1785. Fascinated by Miranda's account of his exploits in the United States Revolutionary War and his travels throughout the Americas and Europe, Goethe told him, "Your destiny is to create in your land a place where primary colors are not distorted." He proceeded to clarify what he meant:

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After Miranda designed his flag based on this conversation, he recalled seeing a fresco by Lazzaro Tavarone in the Palazzo Belimbau in Genoa that depicted Christopher Columbus unfurling a similar-colored flag in Veragua during his fourth voyage.<ref>Serpa Erazo, Jorge, [summary of Ricardo Silva Romero's] "La Bandera del Mundo." Template:Webarchive Pañol de la Historia. Part 1, Section 1 (July 30, 2004). ISSN 1900-3447. Retrieved on 2008-12-02</ref>Template:Better source needed

In his military diary, Miranda gave another possible source of inspiration: the yellow, blue and red standard of the Burger Guard (Bürgerwache) of Hamburg, which he also saw during his travels in Germany.<ref>Dousdebés, Pedro Julio, "Las insignias de Colombia," Boletín de historia y antigüedades, August 1937, 462, cited in Nelson González Ortega, "Formación de la iconografía nacional en Colombia: una lectura semiótico-social," Revista de Estudios Colombianos, No. 16 (1996), 20.</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>

In the 1801 plan for an army to liberate Spanish America, which he submitted unsuccessfully to the British cabinet, Miranda requested the materials for "ten flags, whose colors shall be red, yellow, and blue, in three zones."<ref>Template:Citation</ref> However, the first flag was not raised until 12 March 1806, in Jacmel, Haiti, during his ill-fated expedition to Venezuela.

The flag was officially adopted by law on 26 November 1861.<ref name=":0" />

Gallery of flagsEdit

National flag

  • Flag of Colombia.svg

    Template:FIAV National flag and state ensign of Colombia

Historical flags

Military and civil flags

  • Civil Ensign of Colombia.svg

    Civil ensign of Colombia

  • Naval Ensign of Colombia.svg

    Naval ensign of Colombia

  • Military flag of Colombia.svg

    Military flag of Colombia

  • Flag of the President of Colombia.svg

    War flag of Colombia

  • New-Flag-of-the-President-of-Colombia.svg

    Presidential flag of Colombia

Historical military and civil flags

Construction sheets

  • Flag of Colombia (construction sheet).svg

    Construction sheet of the national flag

  • Civil flag of Colombia (construction sheet).svg

    Construction sheet of the civil ensign

  • Naval flag of Colombia (construction sheet).png

    Construction sheet of the naval ensign

  • Military flag of Colombia (construction sheet).png

    Construction sheet of the military flag

  • Presidential flag of Colombia (construction sheet).png

    Construction sheet of the war flag

  • New Presidential flag of Colombia (construction sheet).png

    Construction sheet of the new presidential flag

Gallery of imagesEdit

  • Colombian flag on ARC Gloria.png

    Colombian flag hoisted on the ARC Gloria barque, the official flagship of the Colombian Navy.

  • Flags of Colombia in Cartagena.jpg

    Colombian tricolor in a colonial building corridor in Cartagena de Indias.

  • Colombia Apollo 17 lunar sample display.jpg

    Flag of Colombia which was carried to the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission.

See alsoEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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