Flag of Croatia
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Trobojnica (The Tricolor) | |
Use | National flag |
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Proportion | 1:2 |
Adopted | 21 December 1990 |
Design | A horizontal tricolor of red, white, and blue with the Coat of Arms of Croatia in the center. |
Designed by | Miroslav Šutej[1] |
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Use | Civil and state ensign |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | 1992 |
Design | Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue superimposed by the Croatian coat of arms. |
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Use | Naval ensign |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | 1992 |
Design | Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue superimposed by the emblem of the Croatian Navy. |
The flag of Croatia is one of the state symbols of Croatia. It consists of three equal size, horizontal stripes in colors red, white and blue. In the middle is the coat of arms of Croatia.
History
The flag combines the colors of the flags of the Kingdom of Croatia (red and white), the Kingdom of Slavonia (white and blue) and the Kingdom of Dalmatia (red and blue). Those three kingdoms are the historic constituent states of the Croatian Kingdom.
The red-white-blue tricolor has been used as the Croatian flag since 1848, and the pan-Slavic colors are widely associated with romantic nationalism. While the Banovina of Croatia existed within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, it had a similar flag without the modern crown above the chequy. During the Independent State of Croatia, flag was like the modern, but without crown and there was letter "U" at the top left of the flag. Also, first field of Croatian chequy was white. While Croatia was part of SFR Yugoslavia its tricolor was the same, but it had a five-pointed red star with a yellow border in place of the coat of arms. The star was replaced by the coat in May 1990, shortly after the first multiparty elections. The current flag and the coat of arms were officially adopted on 21 December 1990, about ten months before the proclamation of independence from Yugoslavia and a day before the Constitution of Croatia on 22 December 1990.
Shield
The shield is in the red and white checks of Croatia. Above is a crown made of shields of its various regions. From left to right they are the ancient arms of Croatia, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia.
Colors
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The following colors are specified for use in the flag:[2]
Scheme | Red | White | Cyan | Blue | Yellow | Black |
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Pantone | 186 C | transparent white | Process Cyan C | Reflex Blue C | 108 C | Process Black C |
CMYK | 0-100-100-0 | 0-0-0-0 | 100-0-0-0 | 100-82-0-2 | 0-6-95-0 | 0-0-0-100 |
RGB | 255-0-0 | 255-255-255 | 0-147-221 | 23-23-150 | 247-219-23 | 0-0-0 |
Historical flags
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Flag of the Kingdom of Croatia (1848)
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Flag of the Kingdom of Croatia (1852–1860)
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Flag of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (1868–1918)
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Flag of the Banovina of Croatia (1939–1941)
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Flag of the Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945)
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Flag of the Socialist Republic of Croatia (1945–1990)
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Flag of the Republic of Croatia (June 27 – December 21, 1990)
Other official flags in Croatia
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Standard of the President of the Republic of Croatia.
Naval flags
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See also
References
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- ^ "Flag of the Republic of Croatia". Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ http://www.sabor.hr/Default.aspx?sec=4317
External links
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