Flag of Paraguay

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Three Paraguayan flags hoisted in a shopping mall in Asunción.

The current design of the flag of Paraguay (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) was first adopted in 1842.<ref name="Behnke"/> Its design, a red–white–blue triband, was inspired by the colours of the French Tricolour, believed to signify independence and liberty. The flag is unusual because it differs on its obverse and reverse sides: the obverse of the flag shows the national coat of arms, and the reverse shows the seal of the treasury. It is the only national flag worldwide that has a unique design on each side.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The flag consists of the same three horizontal colours as the flag of the Netherlands,<ref name=":0">Template:Citation</ref> which in turn was the inspiration for the French flag.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It was revised in 2013 to bring the flag towards its original design. It has a ratio of 11:20.

Prior to the current design, the country used two other designs: a similar one with no seal where the white stripe was slightly larger than the other two (1812–1826), and a different simple design featuring a blue field and a six-pointed white star in the upper-left corner (1826–1842).

Description

Officially adopted in 1842 (following the Recomendación, i.e.: address, of the Junta gubernativa de Asunción),<ref name="Behnke"/> each side of this tricolour flag contains a horizontal tricolor of red, white and blue with the national emblem centered on the white band.<ref name="Behnke">Template:Cite book</ref> The colours of the flag are believed to be inspired from the flag of France to show independence and liberty, and the coat of arms represents the independence of Paraguay.<ref name="FlagDB">Template:Cite web</ref>

  • The emblem on the obverse side is the national coat of arms of Paraguay: a yellow five-pointed star surrounded by a green wreath of palm and olive leaves tied with ribbons of the colour of the stripes, and capped by the words REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY ("Republic of Paraguay" in Spanish), all within two concentric circles).<ref name="Behnke"/><ref name="JermynYong">Template:Cite book</ref>
  • The emblem on the reverse side is the seal of the treasury: a yellow lion below a red Phrygian cap on the top of a pole (symbolising courage) and the words Paz y Justicia ("Peace and Justice").<ref name="Behnke"/>

The differences in the obverse and reverse sides comes from the period when José de Francia was in power (1814–1840).<ref name="wflags">Template:Cite web</ref>

2013 redesign of the coat of arms

On July 15, 2013, the Coat of Arms of Paraguay, and consequently the Paraguayan flag, were redesigned. The coat of arms was simplified and the design was brought closer to its original form:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the inscription “República del Paraguay”, which was yellow with a red background, became black with a colorless background. In addition, the blue circle surrounding the yellow star disappeared.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Colours scheme

The 2013 statute that defines the flag does not specify colors for the red and blue stripes,<ref name="fotw.info">https://www.fotw.info/flags/py.html</ref> merely stating, "The red colour, as well as the blue colour, shall be kept as so-called 'primary colours,' that is, without admixture with other colours."

Colors here are from SeekFlag,<ref>https://seekflag.com/flag/paraguay-flag/</ref> but others specifications have been used.<ref name="fotw.info"/>

File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Red White Blue
RGBTemplate:Citation needed 213-43-30 255-255-255 0-56-168
HexadecimalTemplate:Citation needed #d52b1e #FFFFFF #0038a8
CMYKTemplate:Citation needed 0, 80, 86, 16 0, 0, 0, 0 100, 67, 0, 34

Colors of the Coat of Arms are specified in the Appendix of Decree No. 11,400 (July 15, 2013).<ref>https://www.fotw.info/flags/py_law.html</ref>

File:Coat of arms of Paraguay.svg File:Coat of arms of Paraguay (reverse).svg Pantone RGB HEX CMYK
Red PMS 485 C 237, 28, 36 #ED1C24 0, 100, 100, 0
Yellow PMS Yellow C 255, 241, 8 #FFF108 0, 0, 100, 0
Green PMS 355C 0, 166, 81 #00A651 100, 10, 100, 0
Brown PMS 478C 136, 83,33 #885321 40, 65, 100, 0
Khaki PMS 4505C 178, 163, 54 #B2A336 35, 30, 100, 0
Black PMS Black C 0, 0, 0 #000000 0, 0, 0, 100

Historical flags

Other current flags

Departments

See also

References

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