Flag of Bulgaria
tricolour of white, green and red. | |
Designed by | Stiliana Parashkevova (original version) |
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The flag of Bulgaria (
History
First Bulgarian Empire
In 866,
Later illuminated versions of the chronicles of
Second Bulgarian Empire
Depictions of Bulgarian flags can be seen on various
Third Bulgarian state
After the liberation of Bulgaria following the Russo-Turkish War in 1878, the flag was described in the Tarnovo Constitution of 1879 as follows:
Art. 23. The Bulgarian people's flag is three-coloured and consists of white, green and red colours, placed horizontally.[10]
After the establishment of the
After the fall of Communism in 1990, the then-enforced Zhivkov Constitution was amended so the flag could be reverted to the pre-Communist era.[11] The new Constitution of Bulgaria, adopted in 1991, describes the Bulgarian flag as follows:
Art. 166. The flag of the Republic of Bulgaria shall be a tricolour: white, green and red from top, placed horizontally.[12]
A popular version of the flag, which has no official status, is also commonly known. It has the full coat of arms on the left of the flag, placed across the white and green fields only.[13]
Flag law
According to the Law for the State Seal and National Flag of the Republic of Bulgaria, promulgated on 24 April 1998:
Art. 15. (1) The national flag of the Republic of Bulgaria is a national symbol which expresses the independence and sovereignty of the Bulgarian state.
(2) The national flag of the Republic of Bulgaria is tricolour: white, green and red fields, placed horizontally from the top downwards. On fixing the national flag in a vertical situation of the carrying body the colours shall be arranged from left to right - white, green, red.
(3) The national flag is of a rectangular shape. The fields of the individual colours shall be equal in size and shall be situated along the horizontal of the rectangular.[14]
Colors
Appendix 2 to the Law for the State Seal and National Flag of the Republic of Bulgaria specifies the required colors when the flag is sewn from textiles or printed on paper:[15]
The law does not specify what color values should be used in digital renderings of the flag. The website of the Bulgarian civil service recommends the following approximate colors (note that the decimal RGB values are inconsistent with the hexadecimal "web-safe" values):[16]
Proportions and colours of the flag in Pantone | |||||
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White | Green | Red | Green (Fabric) | Red (Fabric) | |
Pantone textile[17] | Whiteness greater than 80% | 17-5936 TCX[18] | 18-1664 TCX[19] | ||
Pantone[17] | Whiteness greater than 80% | 347 U | 032 U | ||
RGB
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Red = 255 Green = 255 Blue = 255 Hex = #FFFFFF |
Red = 0 Green = 128 Blue = 0 Hex = #009900[17] |
Red = 200 Green = 0 Blue = 0 Hex = #CC0000[17] |
Red = 0 Green = 150 Blue = 110 Hex = #00966E |
Red = 214 Green = 38 Blue = 18 Hex = #D62612 |
CMYK
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Cyan = 0% Magenta = 0% Yellow = 0% Black = 0% |
Cyan = 100% Magenta = 0% Yellow = 100% Black = 0% |
Cyan = 0% Magenta = 100% Yellow = 0% Black = 0% |
Cyan = 100% Magenta = 0% Yellow = 26.67% Black = 41.18% |
Cyan = 0% Magenta = 82.24% Yellow = 91.59% Black = 16.18% |
Gallery
Flags of the Second Bulgarian Empire
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Flag of Bulgaria on Pietro Vesconte's 1321 nautical chart
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Replica of Dalorto's portolan chart
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Flag over Varna on Guillem Soler's Portolan chart (c.1385)
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Replica of Soler's portolan chart
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Flag of Bulgaria on Battista Beccario's 1426 map
Flags of the modern Bulgarian state
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Flag of Bulgaria (1879–1947, 1990–present). Valid as of 27 November 1990.
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Sideways flag of Bulgaria. Valid as of 27 November 1990.
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Flag of Bulgaria (1947–1948)
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Flag of Bulgaria (1948–1968). Valid as of 27 January 1948.
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Flag of Bulgaria (1968–1971). The design of the emblem has changed slightly from the previous version. Valid as of 5 January 1968.
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Flag of Bulgaria (1971–1990). The indication of 681, the year of the establishment of theAsparukh, was added to 1944. Hoisted for the first time on 21 May 1971.
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Bulgarian People's Army war flag from the Communist era. The motto in Bulgarian means "For our Socialist motherland".
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Current Bulgarian war flag, similar to Bulgarian war flags from period 1880s–mid 1940s. The motto in Bulgarian means "God is with us".
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Naval ensign of Bulgaria
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Naval jack of Bulgaria
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Flag for the Bulgarian Ministry of War (1912–1944)
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Naval ensign of Bulgaria (1879–1949)
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Naval ensign of Bulgaria (1949–1955)
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Naval ensign of Bulgaria (1955–1991)
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Naval ensign of Bulgaria (1991–2005)
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Standard of the Tsar (approx. 1937–1946)
See also
- List of Bulgarian flags
- Coat of arms of Bulgaria
- Shumi Maritsa
- Mila Rodino
- National Guards Unit of Bulgaria
- Flag of Lithuania, nearly identical design (yellow stripe instead of white)
- Flag of Russia, nearly identical design (blue stripe instead of green)
- Pan-Slavic colors, the reason why the flags of many Slavic nations look similar
References
- ^ Whitney Smith. "Flag of Bulgaria". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- ^ "The Responses of Pope Nicholas I to the Questions of the Bulgars A.D. 866 (Letter 99)". Internet Medieval Sourcebook. Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies.
- ^ "Madrid Skylitzes" (PDF) (in Ancient Greek). World Digital Library. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
- ^ a b "Vatican copy of the Manasses Chronicle" (in Church Slavic). Vatican Library. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
- ^ "Map Guillem Soler, c. 1380". French National Library. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
- ^ "Map of Battista Beccario, 1426". Bavarian State Library. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Map by Angelino Dalorto, c. 1325". Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ^ "Map by Pietro Vesconte, c.1325". Vatican Library. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
- ^ "Map by the Pizzigani brothers, c.1367". Retrieved 2019-06-30.
- ^ "Tarnovo Constitution of 1879" (in Bulgarian). Juridical Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
- ^ "Understanding the Bulgarian Flag". Information Bulgaria. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- ^ "Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria". National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
- ^ Unofficial flag Archived 2014-04-08 at the Wayback Machine, taken from 2013 Bulgaria Summer Protests, Darik News, 26 June 2013, and unofficial flag, taken from Protests in Bulgaria: the unnoticed uprising, TheConversation.com, 24 Jun 2013. Both retrieved 27 Jun 2013.
- ^ "Law for the State Seal and National Flag of the Republic of Bulgaria". National Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
- ^ "Lex.bg - Закони, правилници, конституция, кодекси, държавен вестник, правилници по прилагане".
- ^ https://identity.egov.bg/wps/portal/identity/government-symbols/flag/flag[bare URL]
- ^ a b c d Знаме. "Институционална идентичност на българската дъжавна администрачия". identity.egov.bg. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ PANTONE. "PANTONE 17-5936 TCX Simply Green - Find a Pantone Color - Quick Online Color Tool". Pantone.com. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ PANTONE. "PANTONE 18-1664 TCX Fiery Red - Find a Pantone Color - Quick Online Color Tool". Pantone.com. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
External links
- Bulgarian Heraldry and Vexillology Society (in Bulgarian and English)
- Bulgaria at Flags of the World
- Law for the State Seal and the National Flag of the Republic of Bulgaria
- About Bulgarian national symbols
- Voynikov, Ivan. "Part II. The Bulgarian flag through the centuries". History of the Bulgarian State Symbols (in Bulgarian).