File:Flag of South Africa.svg

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Flag of South Africa

Used color: National flag | South African Government and Pantone Color Picker

green	rendered as `RGB 000 119 073`	Pantone 3415 C
yellow	rendered as `RGB 255 184 028`	Pantone 1235 C
red	rendered as `RGB 224 060 049`	Pantone 179 C
blue	rendered as `RGB 000 020 137`	Pantone Reflex Blue C
white	rendered as `RGB 255 255 255`
black	rendered as `RGB 000 000 000`

Date 20 March 1994

Source Per specifications in the Constitution of South Africa, Schedule 1 - National flag

Author Flag design by Frederick Brownell, image by Wikimedia Commons users

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This image was first published in South Africa and is in the public domain because it is an image of or from:

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South Africa

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:38, 30 December 2023		900 × 600 (646 bytes)	Stephan Sensuality	Reverted to version as of 18:05, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
	21:35, 30 December 2023		900 × 600 (643 bytes)	Stephan Sensuality	Reverted to version as of 16:22, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
	20:41, 30 December 2023		900 × 600 (646 bytes)	Stephan Sensuality	Reverted to version as of 18:05, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
	20:40, 30 December 2023		400 × 267 (554 bytes)	Stephan Sensuality	Reverted to version as of 19:54, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
	18:05, 18 December 2022		900 × 600 (646 bytes)	MapGrid	Removed an unnecessary layer of white that was lurking behind everything; blame me if you want because it was also in my construction sheet. I also moved the origin of the viewBox.
	11:21, 18 December 2022		900 × 600 (726 bytes)	John emil hernandez	replace four colors
	17:08, 4 December 2022		900 × 600 (726 bytes)	John emil hernandez	updated to match File:Flag of South Africa (construction sheet).svg
	19:54, 28 March 2021		400 × 267 (554 bytes)	Politicsfan4	directly from https://www.gov.za/sites/all/themes/custom/eco_omega/images/flag-south-africa.svg
	16:22, 30 June 2020		900 × 600 (643 bytes)	Great Brightstar	Replace four colors
	23:40, 25 June 2020		900 × 600 (643 bytes)	Kamran.nef	Reverted to version as of 21:54, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
	17:37, 19 May 2020		900 × 600 (833 bytes)	Great Brightstar	New implementation for the green pall
	02:28, 17 May 2020		900 × 600 (968 bytes)	Great Brightstar	Minor tweaks
	08:56, 20 April 2020		900 × 600 (991 bytes)	Leonel Sohns	Reverted to version as of 04:28, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
	18:49, 22 September 2019		900 × 600 (643 bytes)	Great Brightstar	Replace four colors as Pantone website specfied
	21:54, 2 January 2013		900 × 600 (643 bytes)	SiBr4	Revert, but keep clippath
	21:20, 2 January 2013		900 × 600 (782 bytes)	AnonMoos	Reverted to version as of 10:59, 28 October 2010 -- higher quality version where green Y does not extend beyond flag rectangle
	11:58, 31 December 2012		900 × 600 (555 bytes)	SiBr4	Remove some more unnecessary objects
	10:59, 28 October 2010		900 × 600 (782 bytes)	AnonMoos	further code streamlining
	06:21, 28 October 2010		900 × 600 (795 bytes)	AnonMoos	streamlining code
	12:19, 8 June 2010		900 × 600 (927 bytes)	ThePCKid	Chipped off 24 bytes
	01:38, 7 June 2010		900 × 600 (951 bytes)	ThePCKid	Chipped off 50 bytes
	04:28, 6 April 2010		900 × 600 (991 bytes)	Zscout370	Pantone from http://www.info.gov.za/aboutgovt/symbols/flag.htm and http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx
	12:29, 1 November 2008		900 × 600 (1,016 bytes)	Vzb83~commonswiki	changed the colours slightly to match http://www.info.gov.za/aboutgovt/symbols/flag.htm
	12:33, 12 October 2008		900 × 600 (1,016 bytes)	Poznaniak	Reverted to version as of 17:34, 31 August 2006
	11:49, 12 October 2008		900 × 600 (829 bytes)	Mahahahaneapneap	Compressed
	17:34, 31 August 2006		900 × 600 (1,016 bytes)	Madden	exactly constructed after http://www.vexilla-mundi.com/south_africa.htm
	22:29, 11 February 2006		900 × 600 (3 KB)	Denelson83	Enlarge intrinsic size
	08:59, 5 February 2006		450 × 300 (3 KB)	Denelson83	Refactored
	00:21, 1 February 2006		450 × 300 (2 KB)	Reisio	cleanup markup - pd changes
	07:32, 28 September 2005	No thumbnail	(4 KB)	SKopp	The flag of South Africa. Source: Drawn by User:SKopp {{Template:Insignia}} Category:Flags of South Africa