Composition
The Colorado flag is a triband of blue and white.
A red letter ‘C’ is charged upon the stripes and within the ‘C’ is a golden disc.
Colorado
Colorado’s original state flag was adopted in 1907, but only one was ever produced and it was never flown publicly.
In 1910, not knowing the state adopted a flag at all, a Colorado chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution called for submissions for a flag design. The winning submission was designed by Andrew Carlisle Carson.
This (second) flag was officially adopted June 5, 1911.
Its colors were standardized in 1929 and its proportions in 1964.
Iconography
C
Colorado, the ruddy soil (red), sunshine (gold)
stripes
Colorado skies (blue), snowcapped mountains (white)
Colors
The Colorado flag uses the same red, white, and blue as the U.S. national flag.
The colors do have symbolic meaning as described in the Iconography section above.
Neither Colorado law nor the Office of the Secretary of State provides Cable or Pantone values for the gold of the flag.The hex value here is an approximation.
Blue
#002147
Cable No. 70075 Old Glory Blue
PMS 282c
White
#ffffff
Cable No. 70001 White
Pantone White
Red
#bb133e
Cable No. 70180 Old Glory Red
PMS 193C
Gold
#ffd700
Construction
The Colorado flag is produced with a proportion of 2:3.
Colorado statute specifies the proportion and spacing for the flag’s visual elements, which is rendered here.
Attached to the flag should be a cord of intertwined gold and silver, with one tassel of gold and one of silver.
Previous iteration
The original and forgotten Colorado state flag featured the coat of arms on a field of blue. It “flew” from 1907–1911.
Sources
- Howe, Randy. Flags of the Fifty States: Their Colorful Histories and Significance. Guilford: The Globe Pequot Press, 2002. Print.
- Colorado Revised Statutes 2018. Article 80 State History, Archives, and Emblems. Part 9 State Emblems and Symbols. 24-80-904. State flag.
- CPR News
- The Denver Channel
- Denver Library
- Flag of Colorado - Wikipedia