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Official Name:Republic of Colombia(República de Colombia)
Capital:Bogota (Santafé de Bogotá)
Flag adopted:26November 1861
Coat of Arms adopted: 6 August 1955
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According to [pay00] -National flag (CSW/-S- (2:3)) - Regarding the yellow stripe, theAlbum approximation gives it as Pantone 135c. Some other sourcesalso agree that the shade of Colombian yellow is different fromthe shade used by Ecuador and Venezuela (notably Shipmate Chartand [zna99]). However, convertingthe given Pantone to RGB gave by my software one colour that I'dcall buff, much similar to the colour used in Album as thebackground, and certainly not very yellow. I chose this lightyellow shade to represent the Colombian yellow. Hopefully this isnot much mistaken, and anyway, it serves only to show thedifference from the other two Nuevagranadan yellows.
Željko Heimer, 16 May 2001
I must say that some colours given in album 2000 seem quitestrange. Pantone 135 is NOT yellow but it is buff and nothingelse, you are right. Yellow shades in [zna99]are the same for all three states, blue is different.
Ralf Stelter, 17 May 2001
On page 207 of [zna99] is so asRalf Steltersay, but when taking a look at page 128,here blue is different, indeed, but yellows are distinctlydifferent. However, Colombian is here darker then the other two.Also in Shipmate chart, now when I look at it in daylight, theColombian yellow seems darker then the other two, but thedifference is not so obvious.
Željko Heimer, 17 May 2001
In National flags and distinctive markings - Change Nr 1[pay01] - Yellow shade changed onall flags (116c / C0-M15-Y95-K0 instead of 135c / C0-M20-Y60-K0)
Ivan Sache, 8 October 2001
The presidency of Colombia has issued a campaign to promotenational unity against violence and for peace. The campaignexhorts Colombians to hoist their flag permanently outside their homes, workplaces, cars, etc. All the info (not much, indeed) is at this sitewww.presidencia.gov.co.
Guillermo Tell Aveledo Coll, 24 April 2002
I found the CMYK codes for the Colombian flag. I don't know ifwhether they're official, but I found them on the ColombianPresident's office website, so they could be. Here they are
Yellow: C:0, M:10, Y:100, K:0
Blue: C:100, M:70, Y:0, K:0
Red: C:0, M:100, Y:90, K:0
Source:www.presidencia.gov.co.
Carlos A Leiva, 30 July 2002
Album[pay01] has slightlydifferent values, given there as approximate:
Yellow: C:0 - M:15 - Y:95 - K:0
Blue: C:100 - M:70 - Y:0 - K:30
Red: C:0 - M:90 - Y:80 - K:0
Ivan Sache, 5 August 2002
Though indeed Colombia's flag has a "darker" shadeof yellow than Ecuador and Venezuela it is slightly lighter thanthe one depicted in your page. If you ignore the"shadow" effects, the shade of yellow in the flags ofthe new rendition of theCoat of Arms(rather than a new coat of arms per se) is the proper shade.
Jaime Vengoechea, 6 January 2003
"Miranda gave at least two sources of inspiration for his flag. In a letterwritten to Count Semyon Vorontsov in 1792, Miranda stated that the colors werebased on a theory of primary colors given to him by the German writer andphilosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Miranda described a late-nightconversation he had with Goethe at a party in Weimar during the winter of 1785.Fascinated with Miranda's account of his exploits in the United StatesRevolutionary War and his travels throughout the Americas and Europe, Goethetold him that, "Your destiny is to create in your land a place where primarycolors are not distorted." He proceeded to clarify what he meant by this:
First he explained to me the way the iris transforms light into the threeprimary colors […] then he proved to me why yellow is the most warm, noble andclosest to [white] light; why blue is that mix of excitement and serenity, adistance that evokes shadows; and why red is the exaltation of yellow and blue,the synthesis, the vanishing of light into shadow. It is not that the world ismade of yellows, blues and reds; it is that in this manner, as if in an infinitecombination of these three colors, we human beings see it. […] A country [Goetheconcluded] starts out from a name and a flag, and it then becomes them, just asa man fulfils his destiny."
Daniel Aarhus, 23 July 2013
Very interesting writing. I've heard and read the story behind Miranda'screation of the first tricolor flag of Venezuela (which would, in turn, beadopted by Colombia and Ecuador as their national colors). However I hadn'theard the full story, so I believe it should be added to the Venezuelan,Colombian andEcuadorian pagesrespectively, as they all share the same flag.
Esteban Rivera, 04 August 2013
Since the Colombian tricolor was first raised (as mentioned by Jorge Candeias, on his October 1, 1999 post "(on) 12 March 1806, our national tricolour was flown for the first time. Miranda was inspired by the predominant colours of the rainbow [?] and it was flown on land in the port of La Vela (in today's Department ofGuajira in August of the sameyear" (see:Historical Flags (pre-1856),official websiteof the Presidency of the Republic of Colombia, it is clear that this was in fact the first time the tricolor flewover Colombia as a national flag. This flag (with specificmeasurements and minor detail changes, such as the width of thestripes) was the basis for the flag adopted during theCongress ofAngostura (apro tempore executive and legislative body during a time or war,established on February 15, 1819, prior to the "Campaña Libertadora"(official full name: "Campaña Libertadora de Nueva Granada", "Liberating Campaing of New Grenada), which was the final militaryoffensive to liberate Colombia (then known as New Grenada) fromSpanish rule, which in turn began on May 23, 1819 with the outline ofthe military plan and ended after the two major engagements of theBatlle of Boyacá and the Battle of Vargas Swamp which allowed SimónBolívar to enter the capital Bogotá, on August 10, 1819, formallyending the campaign). The Congress of Angostura adopted the symbols(Coat of Arms and flag) of Venezuela as the ones for Colombia, becausethey sought to form a unified country and because the Venezuelansymbols were more in use. This was followed by theCongress of Cúcuta a de iureCongress, established on August 30, 1821 inCúcuta. This Congressended on October 3, promulgating theConstitution of Cúcuta whichformally established theRepublic of Colombia which thenincorporatedVenezuela and Colombia (it alsoincludedPanamá, which at the moment was part of Colombia). In thisConstitution, the adopted official symbols (Coat of Arms and flag)ratified what the Congress of Angostura proclaimed, and added somedetails to the final design, as seenhere, and you mentionin theFlag Dates: by country list thatColombia first adopted its tricolor flag on November 26, 1861, whichis totally wrong.
It is possible that the location of La Vela, mentioned in my previousmessage, is actually La Vela del Coro, in Falcón, Venezuela and not inLa Guajira, Colombia. In fact, in La Vela del Coro there's a promenadewhich shows thehistorical evolution of theVenezuelan flag.
Also, It's important to add the following: the inspiration for thetricolor was adopted based on General Miranda's militia flag. Now, theissue is actually where did he the inspiration from? An importantmention of this is that he was inspired by theHamburger Bürgerwache (see alsoHamburg Citizens' Sentinels page) but also byChristopher Columbus' personal coat of arms.
Source:https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_de_Colombia
Esteban Rivera, 28 October 2015
The protocol manual for theLondon 2012 Olympics(Flags and Anthems ManualLondon 2012 [loc12]) provides recommendationsfor national flag designs. EachNOCwas sent an image of the flag, including thePMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produceda 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs maynot be the official, government, version of each flag, they are certainly whattheNOCbelieved the flag to be.
For Colombia: PMS 116 yellow, 287 blue, 186 red. TThe vertical flag is simplythe horizontal version turned 90 degrees anti-clockwise
Ian Sumner, 10 October 2012
Editorial Note:We present the most popularinterpretations of the colours of the flag, but it is also ourduty to make the difference between "officialexplanations", if any and general belief. There is, as arule, no inherent meaning of colours except in rare cases wherethe exact meaning is mentioned in the legislation.
Two interpretations:
1. The yellow symbolizes sovereignty and justice; the bluenobility, loyalty and vigilance; and the red valor, honor,generosity and victory achieved at the high cost of bloodshed.
2. Yellow: universal liberty; blue: the equality of all races andsocial classes before God and the law; Red: fraternity
Source: Alfred Znamierowski's World Encyclopedia ofFlags, 1999.
Phil Nelson, 28 February 2000
As a very popular Colombian kids song says....
YELLOW is our gold
BLUE is our vast seas (oceans)
and RED is the blood that gave us our freedom... (fromSpain)
S.C, 6 December 2000
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image located byWilliam Garrison, 1 December 2016
This is simply a makeshift flag that does not have proper official measures (notice the white stripes are added to an already existing
Colombian flag). You can see the same image here:
http://ia.tmgrup.com.tr/ (source). Picture caption reads: "A man holds a Colombian national flag with white stripes during a demo to demand the immediate endorsement of the new peace agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla outside the Colombian Congress in Bogota, Nov. 30."
This was in support of the Peace Process and in spite of the electoral result in the recent Peace Referendum held on October 2, in which the majority disfavored the government's initiative and the signed agreement, the government then slightly amended this agreement on November 24, and then presented it to Congress for approval. On November 29, the Senate approved the deal 75-0 and the House of Representatives approved it the next day by a vote of 130-0, without the presence of the main opposition party, Centro Democrático in both of them. The government then proclaimed that yesterday was "D-Day" for the beginning of the implementation of all the respective measures in the agreement, while Farc said it hadn't.
As for the flag reported, there were other "Colombian peace flags" (if you will) that appeared, mainly on the days leading up to the recent Referendum, as seen here, mainly voting for approval of the Referendum,
("sÃÂ", yes):
-http://nationalinterest.org/files/main_images/Colombia%20Flag.jpg (source:http://nationalinterest.org)
-http://www.constitutionnet.org/sites/default/files/colombia_peace_process_july_cn.jpg (source:http://www.constitutionnet.org)
-http://www.telesurtv.net/...colombia_Reuters.jpg_1718483346.jpg (source:http://www.telesurtv.net)
-http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news_images/20161003/p03a.jpg (source:http://www.chinapost.com.tw)
-https://static.iris.net.co/semana/upload/images/2016/9/2/492215_1.jpg (source:http://www.semana.com)
-http://www.revistaelmetro.com/metroweb/images/si_paz_cartagena.jpg (source:http://www.revistaelmetro.com)
-http://cdn.colombia.com/sdi/2016/07/30/santos-promueve-el-si-en-el-plebiscito-508987.jpg (source:http://www.colombia.com)
Also, there were flags voting against the agreement ("no"):
-http://www.pazificonoticias.com/ (source:http://www.pazificonoticias.com/)
-https://static01.nyt.com/.../ramirezES/26ramirezES-master1050.jpg (source:http://www.nytimes.com)
Esteban Rivera, 2 December 2016
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