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Post by Shinta_Himura on Apr 29, 2006 20:36:10 GMT -5
well the colours certainly do have their meaning. The original flag of 13 colonies was a modified version of british colonial flag. They took the red ensighn that british assighned to American colonies and added white stripes to represent their strugle for independence and the union jack was retained at the begining. Later on the British crosses were replaced by white stars in the blue rectangles to symbolise freedom and a new, united nation.
The colors are not just picked out at random, they always represent something. Like flag of Finland, the cross there says that it is a Scandinavian country as this particular form of flag might be called pan Scandinavian or northern cross. The white in there represent the snow of this northern nation and the blue of the cross stands for the many lakes as the nickname of Finland says that it's a country of a thousand lakes.
I'm sorry, I'm just into flags and coat of arms deeply and I belive that each color on the flag have it's meaning.
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Post by EvilDunkin on Apr 29, 2006 22:33:14 GMT -5
yeah true each has a significant meaning
all flags have only these colors white blue red yellow green
and i think thats about it...rite?
and each repepresents something
such as the united states flag the red and white stripes symbolize the 13 colonies white represented ....something blue represented ....something red represented ....something the stars represent the number of states
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Post by Shinta_Himura on Apr 30, 2006 9:05:45 GMT -5
Yeah it's preaty much it, although there is some use of orange and brown too on one or two occasions. And you also fogot one preaty well used color, black. It is used in a lot of flags if you think of it.
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Post by chibipyroduo on May 1, 2006 20:35:03 GMT -5
on the american flag topic, I was taking a citizen test in gov class for fun and they had a question about that. "What do the thirteen stirpes represent." "How many white stripes are there? How many red?" "What do the stars represent."
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Post by EvilDunkin on May 1, 2006 22:34:21 GMT -5
"What do the thirteen stirpes represent." 13 original colonies
"How many white stripes are there? should be 6?!?!?
How many red?" should be 7?!?!
"What do the stars represent." each of the states the u.s. hold
>.> lol haha
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Post by Karumichan on May 2, 2006 21:11:52 GMT -5
I probably missed that question. Because I was born here....I can be stupid and not know anything about my country. =D....X.X Ok, thats pretty sad I guess. XD Yes, you've all made your point about flags, you know more then me. =)
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Post by EvilDunkin on May 2, 2006 21:17:44 GMT -5
lol not really....i had to help my mom study for her citizenship test ....so i kinda memorized the stuff
then i got bored one day and read up on the flag colors and their symbolic meanings....
all i know is that there are a set of colors that are on ALL flags and if you design a new flag, you can only use those colors
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Post by chibipyroduo on May 9, 2006 14:52:25 GMT -5
aww that's a little unfair. When I create my own country I'll say screw the rules UN I'm totally making a bright pink flag just to piss off England and France.
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Post by EvilDunkin on May 9, 2006 19:23:21 GMT -5
lol that would be FUN! omg! but i'm gonna make my own country first
it's gonna be green, purple, blue >.>
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Post by Shinta_Himura on May 11, 2006 11:10:45 GMT -5
Yay to tricolors! My favorite type of flags ^__^ Horizontal tricolors are the best. If I ever will make my personal flag it will be black, yellow and white in the proportions of 3:5 something like.... this, only I might change yellow to orange since those would better suit me (black and orange are traditionally colors of St. George as he is celebrated in Russia)
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Post by Karumichan on May 11, 2006 17:35:38 GMT -5
If you find your own uninhabited, unclaimed, uncharted island, you can claim it, and set up a government, and receive milions in funding and support from the major countries. =D I will buy a yacht, and search for one someday. Theres gotta be one around Indonesia...My flag would be red, orange, and yellow.
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Post by Shinta_Himura on May 11, 2006 22:55:07 GMT -5
I rather build a state of the art submarine and claim the deepest depts of the ocean as my own world, lol Like Captain Nemo in 20, 000 leaugues under the see. Ocean is the only thing that isn't unde control of anyone
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Post by EvilDunkin on May 12, 2006 23:02:13 GMT -5
lol i rather try building an underground world -.-
build a nice build ball around it.....(like REAL big) and then build my own community.
then that's one place....and i would be like oooh i must make more. and i make more around everywhere and connect them through tubes (highways) to walk in.
and the thing is...if they want to swim..there would be a vault for them to do so
omg! lol
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Post by Karumichan on May 13, 2006 17:07:09 GMT -5
Lol, ok going off topic. What colors would your flag be? XD
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Post by EvilDunkin on May 13, 2006 22:16:34 GMT -5
purple,white,green,blue
lol
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