Flag of Trenado
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| Name |
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| Use | National flag and ensign   |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted |
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| Design | A blue field with six big stars spanning diagonally across the flag, and eight small stars in white and red (four of each color). |
| Designed by | Helia Aday Nogueira |
The national flag of Trenado (Galego: Bandeira de Trenado) consists of a plain blue field with six white stars spanning diagonally across the flag, with eight small stars scattered in white and red. It was adopted officially on 1 July 1807, with adjustments being made on 2 February 1879 establishing the colors as blue, red and white - replacing the original yellow tone with red. It has a 3:2 ratio between length and width.
The use of four red stars is a reference to the Orion's Belt and its three stars, with an additional star representing the nation's autonomy and strength; the additional four white stars symbolize the four seasons of the year, implying the country will stay strong regardless of season. The six diagonal stars reference the six members of the Trenadian Army that arranged the coup d'etat that established the country's independence: Román Bocanegra, André Valdovinos, Abraham Saabedra, Henrique Pino, Goio Xilgorio Figueredo and Isaac Castelán. Blue symbolizes the night in which the Trenadian independence was proclaimed; red symbolizes the blood of the ancestors who died for the creation of a prosperous nation; white symbolizes peace and rule.
Design
Colours
The current flag uses three shades of colors, not specified in any legal document besides the basic shades (blue, red and white). The CMYK and RGB values from the official government website are listed below:
| Blue | Red | White | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RGB | 0/56/166 |
213/43/29 |
255/255/255
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| Hexadecimal | #0038a6 |
#d52b1d |
#ffffff
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| CMYK | 97/88/0/0 |
0/95/91/0 |
0/0/0/0
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Other flags
Government flags
The president and vice president have a representative flag: the presidential flag is a blue rectangle (ratio 2:3) featuring the national coat of arms on its center; the vice presidential standard is a tricolour with three vertical bands in red, white and blue holding the coat of arms in the center.
Presidential flag
Vice-presidential flag
Military flags
Army flag
Navy flag
Naval jack
Previous flags
1807
After 3 May 1807, the country unofficially used a blue flag with a red diagonal stripe until the Helia Aday Nogueira flag was proposed.
1807-1879
The original Trenadian flag, proposed and adopted in 1807, utilizes the same symbols: a blue rectangle with six diagonal stars and eight smaller stars. It utilizes blue, yellow and white as its primary colors - symbolizing the night of the Trenadian independence proclamation, the mineral riches of the country and peace respectively. The yellow color was then replaced by red on 22 February 1879, as proposed by the national congressmen under the impression that the original flag did not "symbolize the years of fighting for independence".
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