Flag of Croatia

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Redirect Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox flag The national flag of the Republic of Croatia, also known in Croatian as the Tricolor ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), is one of the state symbols of Croatia. It consists of three equal size, horizontal stripes in colors red, white and blue anchored by the coat of arms of Croatia.

This flag has been continuously in use since 1868 using pan-Slavic colors with the white and red checkboard shield added from 1939; which was then replaced by a red star during communist rule before the modern iteration of the Croat flag was adopted in 1990, one year before its independence.

History

The flag combines the colors of the flags of the Kingdom of Croatia (red and white), the Kingdom of Slavonia (blue and white) and partially of the Kingdom of Dalmatia (blue and yellow).Template:Cn

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 Croatian checkerboard. After the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was invaded and Croatia became the Independent State of Croatia, the crown was removed and a "U" was placed at the top left of the flag. Also, the first field of the Croatian checkerboard was white. After Nazi Germany was superseded by the SFR Yugoslavia, Croatia's flag had a five-pointed red star with a yellow border in place of the coat of arms. The star was replaced by the coat of arms in May 1990, shortly after the first multiparty elections. The current flag and the coat of arms were officially adopted on December 21, 1990, about six (de facto) or ten (de jure) months before the proclamation of independence from Yugoslavia and a day before the Constitution of Croatia on December 22, 1990.Template:Cn

Shield

The shield depicts the red and white Croatian checkerboard. Above the shield is a crown consisting of shields of its various regions. From dexter to sinister they are the historical arms of Croatia, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria and Slavonia.Template:Cn

Design

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Flag construction sheet

The following colors are specified for use in the flag:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Scheme Red White Cyan Blue Yellow Black
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
Hex #FF0000 #FFFFFF #0093DD #171796 #F7DB17 #000000

Unicode

The national flag of Croatia is represented as the Unicode emoji sequence Template:Unichar and Template:Unichar.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Historical flags

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Other official flags in Croatia

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Commemoration

  • Hrvatska pošta released into circulation two commemorative postage stamps featuring the motifs of the installation flag of Ban Josip Jelačić from 1848 and the contemporary Croatian flag on Croatian flag day (June 5).<ref> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See also

References

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