Flag of Bulgaria
The flag of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: знаме на България, [znamɛ nɐ bɐɫˈɡarijɐ], zname na Bǎlgariya) is the flag of the European country, Bulgaria. It has three horizontal bands of white, green and red. It was adopted in 1991.
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| Use | Civil and state flag, civil ensign |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 3:5 |
| Adopted | 1879 (first adoption) 27 November 1990 (readoption)[1] |
| Design | A horizontal tricolour of white, green and red. |
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.[2] |
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Colours
According to the Standardisation and Metrology Committee, the following are the required colours for use in the national flag:
| Colour scheme | White | Green | Red |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pantone textile scale[4] | Whiteness greater than 80% | 17-5936 ТСX[5] | 18-1664 ТСX[6] |
| Pantone[4] | Safe | RAL 6024 | RAL 3028 |
| Web colours[4] | #D01C1F | ||
| RGB | 255,255,255 | 0,155,117 | 208,28,31 |
References
- ↑ Whitney Smith. "Flag of Bulgaria". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- ↑ "Law for the State Seal and National Flag of the Republic of Bulgaria". National Assembly of the Republic. Archived from the original on 2010-06-04. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
- ↑ bg:Национално знаме на България
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Government of Bulgaria (2005). "Bulgaria's National Flag". Archived from the original on 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
- ↑ PANTONE. "PANTONE 17-5936 TCX Simply Green - Find a Pantone Color - Quick Online Color Tool". Pantone.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ↑ PANTONE. "PANTONE 18-1664 TCX Fiery Red - Find a Pantone Color - Quick Online Color Tool". Pantone.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
Other websites
- 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 Archived 2010-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
- About Bulgarian national symbols
- Voynikov, Ivan. "Part II. The Bulgarian flag through the centuries". History of the Bulgarian State Symbols (in български). Archived from the original on 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2019-10-02.