Flag of Warsaw
 | |
| Use | Civil flag  |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 5:8 |
| Adopted | 1938 |
| Design | Yellow and red horizontal stripes |
Design
The flag of the city of Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is a bicolour rectangle, with the aspect ratio of height to width of 5:8. It consist of two equally-sized horizontal stripes: yellow at the top, and red at the bottom. The yellow colour is described in the CMYK color model as 0:17:90:0, while red, as 0:95:100:0.[1]
Its colours had been adopted from the coat of arms of the city,[2] which depics a mermaid with golden (yellow) sword, shield and hair, on the red background, and with a golden (yellow) crown above the escutcheon.[1]
| Colour | PANTONE Coated/ Uncoated |
CMYK | RAL | REPSOL GLASS | Folia ASLAN | Folia ORACAL | 3M (seria 100) | RGB |
| 116 C | 0:17:90:0 | 1003 | 3610 | 11913 | 020 | 100-25 | 255:214:0 | |
| 485 C | 0:95:100:0 | 3020 | 1670 | 11921 | 032 | 100-368 | 255:17:0 |
History
The flag had been adopted by the city in 1938.[2]
See also
References
- "Herb". um.warszawa.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 25 December 2008.
- "Flagi Warszawy i jej dzielnic". logoflagi.pl (in Polish).
External links
Media related to Flag of Warsaw at Wikimedia Commons
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