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| Proportion | 4:7 |
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| Adopted | 1926; 100 years ago (1926) |
| Design | A blue field with a white zigzag pattern, forming two red triangles on the bottom. Within the blue on top, yellow circle is added near the center |
| Designed by | Margaret Overbeck |
Theflag of theCity and County of Denver was designed by aNorth High School student, Margaret Overbeck, and adopted in 1926. Azigzag white stripe horizontally separates a red field below from a bluefield above, in which is centered a yellow circle, together forming a stylized depiction of theSun in a blue sky above snow-capped mountains. The color yellow symbolizes gold in the state's hills, and red the colored earth to which the wordcolorado refers. The circle's centered position symbolizes Denver's central location within the state. The white zigzag symbolizes Colorado'sNative American heritage.[1]
In a 2004 review by theNorth American Vexillological Association of 150 U.S. city flags, the Denver city flag was ranked third best, behind the flags ofWashington, D.C., andChicago.[2]
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