Flag of the Czech Republic
Proportion | 2:3 |
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Adopted | 30 March 1920 (Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic) |
Design | Two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side. |
Designed by | Jaroslav Kursa |
Proportion | 1:1 |
Adopted | 1993 |
The flag of the Czech Republic (
History
The traditional colours of the Czech lands originated from an 1192 coat of arms (depicting a
After the establishment of an independent
The flag was officially approved by the
During the 1992 negotiations on the split of Czechoslovakia, a clause forbidding the use of the state symbols of Czechoslovakia by either successor state was inserted into the legislation concerning the dissolution of the federation.[4][5] However, the Czech Republic kept the use of the flag.[6][7]
Medieval Banner of the Duchy of Bohemia under the Přemyslid dynasty
Medieval Royal Banner of arms of the Kingdom of Bohemia
Kingdom of Bohemia
until 1918First Czechoslovak Republic
1918–1920First and Second
Czechoslovak Republic
1920–1939
Czechoslovakia
1945–1992Protectorate of
Bohemia and Moravia
1939–1945Czech Republic within Czechoslovakia (1990–1992)
Czech Republic
since 1993
Czechoslovakia
Design contest (1918–1920)
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Flag of the Czechoslovak National Council in Paris (1916–1918)
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Original proposed flag by Jaroslav Kursa (1919)
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Proposed flag by Czech and Slovak American Association in 1918
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Czechoslovakia proposed flag in 1920
Dimensions
The blazon of this flag is per pall fesswise Argent, Azure, and Gules. The flag is formed from an isosceles triangle that extends halfway along the rectangle (a common mistake is to draw it shorter) and two bands: one white and one red. The most similar foreign flag is the flag of the Philippines but the latter has dimensions 1:2, the three colours permuted, and additional golden-yellow symbols added on it.
Flag colours
Colours scheme |
White | Red | Royal Blue |
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CMYK |
0-0-0-0 | 0-90-87-15 | 86-45-0-50 |
HEX | #FFFFFF | #D7141A | #11457E |
RGB | 255-255-255 | 215-20-26 | 17-69-126 |
Closest Pantone | 2035 C[8] | 2154 C[9] |
Presidential standard
Use | Presidential standard |
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Proportion | 1:1 |
Adopted | 1993 (1918) |
Design | Coat of arms with national motto "Pravda vítězí" (Truth prevails) and leaves of linden tree. |
Designed by | Jiří Louda[10] |
Another Czech
Previous versions
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Presidential standard of First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1939), and Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1960)
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Presidential standard of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945)
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Presidential standard of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1960–1990)
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Presidential standard of Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–1992)
See also
Literature
- Zbyšek Svoboda, Pavel Fojtík: brochure Naše vlajka. Vznik a vývoj české vlajky (Our Flag. Origin and evolution of the Czech flag), Libea, 2005, ISBN 80-239-5862-3.
- Petr Exner, Pavel Fojtík, Zbyšek Svoboda: brochure Vlajky, prapory a jejich používání (Flags, banners and their use), Libea, 2004, ISBN 80-239-2873-2.
References
- ^ "Czech society of vexicologists on the origin of the Czechoslovak state flag" (MS Word) (in Czech). Retrieved 10 December 2007.
- ^ Government of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic's national flag. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ^ Law defining state symbols of the Czech Republic 67/1990 Sb, from 13 March 1990
- ^ Ústavný zákon č. 542/1992 Zb. o zániku Českej a Slovenskej Federatívnej Republiky, Čl. 3 ods. 2
(Constitutional act. No. 542/1992 Col. on the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, art. 3 sect. 2) - ISSN 1805-2789– via Journals.Muni.Cz.
- ^ Law defining state symbols of the Czech Republic 3/1993 Sb, from 17 December 1992
- ^ Whitney Smith, "Flag of the Czech Republic", Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ^ "#D7141A color name is Lava". www.color-name.com. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "#11457E color name is Dark Cerulean". www.color-name.com. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Zomrel heraldik Jiří Louda, autor českého štátneho znaku a prezidentskej zástavy". Aktuality.sk. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
External links
- History of the Czech and Czechoslovak flag (in Czech)
- Czech Republic at Flags of the World
- Czech flag - facts, history, colors (in Czech)
- "Flag expert: Czechs only bring out their flag in emotional times" by Daniela Lazarová