What do the colors in the American flag mean?
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They mean this\n\n\nEver wonder why the flag is red, white, and blue? While the flag's colors did not have a specific meaning at the time, the colors were significant for the Great Seal of 1782. \n\nWhite: Signifies purity and innocence \nRed: Signifies valor and bravery \nBlue: Signifies Vigilance, perseverance, and justice \nWhy stars and stripes? Stars are considered a symbol of the heavens and the divine goal to which man has aspired from time immemorial; the stripe is symbolic of the rays of light emanating from the sun.\n\n\n\n\nOne another thought is that\n\n\n"The colors of the pales (the vertical stripes) are those used in the flag of the United States of America; White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness & velour, and Blue, the color of the Chief (the broad band above the stripes) signifies vigilance, perseverance & justice
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I'm guessing that the solid color flags are the same colors as used on the Olympic flag (rings). At least one of those colors are found in the flags of every country in the world. That's why the Olympic rings are the colors they are, and I'm assuming that hotel flags are the same colors.
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It stands for the 5 principal continents. America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa. The five colors are also significative. At least one of the five is in every flag of the world.
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No! That is what America is all about: religious tolerance and diversity!\n\nOur Flag unites us. Religious sectarianism divides us.
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The American flag is put on the Army uniform in the same way that the flag would look if the soldier was carrying a flag on a pole.  It shows that the soldier is carrying the American flag towards battle.
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The colors on various countries flags come from the 5 rings on the Olympic flag, blue, black, red, yellow and green.  These colors represent the five continents that participate in the games.Blue representing Europe, Black representing Africa, Red representing America, Yellow representing Asia and Green representing Australia(Oceania). Every country has at least one of these colors.
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Some Irish people still do not wear green. Green is the color related to Caltholism and England, which some Irish consider imposing. Orange is Protestant and Southern Ireland. While the fighting still goes on, its largely political. The Irish flag literally means, green-catholic, orange, protestant, and white a dream of a unified day.
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It is a symbol ............. like the US Flag.  It is a representation of the "peoples".   And it is sacred.\n\n\nNative Pride!
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Hey, I searched at wikipedia and look what I found!\n\nBlue Sky with a White Sun, canton of the flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan) \nBonnie Blue Flag, official flag of the now-defunct Republic of West Florida, also used in some places as an unofficial banner of the Confederate States of America. \nDannebrog, Denmark \nErfalasorput, Greenland. Both the flag of Greenland and the Dannebrog are also called Aappalaartoq (meaning "the red"). \nEureka Flag \nGwenn-ha-du, Brittany \nHinomaru, Japan \nHvítbláinn, former unofficial flag of Iceland \nIkurriña, Basque people/Basque Country \nJalur Gemilang, Malaysia Glorious Stripes \nJolly Roger, pirate flag \nMaple Leaf, Canada \nFleurdelisé, Québec \nMerkið, Faroe Islands \nNisshoki, Japan \nRainbow flag \nSinimustvalge, Estonia blue-black-white (unofficial) \nŠahovnica \nSenyera, Aragon and Barcelona \nStars and Bars, Confederate States of America \nStars and Stripes, United States, also known as Old Glory \nSiniristilippu, Finland \nShir-o-Khorshid, The Lion and the Sun, The Perisan Flag under Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi \nSouthern Cross can refer to the blue saltire as used in various flags of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. \nTjúgufáni, State flag of Iceland \nTricolore, several states \nUnion Jack or Union Flag flag of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth realm \nY Ddraig Goch, Wales \nLa Estrella Solitaria (The Lonely Star), the Cuban flag \nFlag of South Africa The Rainbow Flag, Unity Flag, or Interim Flag (All unofficial). \nWiphala, flag of Andean peoples in Bolivia and Peru. \n\nMy country's is Jalur Gemilang! (ja-lure-ge (hard G as in Gun) -mee-lung)
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The dutch royal family is the house of Orange. Hence the colour.\n\n"The Dutch flag's original colors were orange, white and blue, but were changed to red, white and blue in the 17th century. The latter and most recent colors were taken from the Orange-Nassau coat of arms. But the orange color has been secured in relation to the Dutch Royal house: an orange streamer is flown above the flag during national holidays."
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Meaning of the flag\nIt's very difficult to explain the real meaning of a flag; there are legends, actual stories, and outright misinformation about the reason of certain colors or designs were put on national flags. Also individuals may have their own interpretation of their own national flag. Religious symbolism can also be expressed via color, such as the crescent moon which is a traditional Islamic symbol. \n\nHistorical facts:\n"Red has been prominent in Turkish flags for 700 years. The star and crescent are Muslim symbols, but also have a long pre-Islamic past in Asia Minor. The basic form of the national flag was apparently established in 1793 under Ottoman Sultan Selim III, when the green flags used by the navy were changed to red and a white crescent and multi-pointed star were added. The five-pointed star dates from approximately 1844. Except for the issuance of design specifications, no change was made when the Ottoman Empire became the Republic of Turkey and the Caliphate (religious authority) was terminated by Ataturk. Many traditions explain the star and crescent symbol. It is known that Diana (Artemis) was the patron goddess of Byzantium and that her symbol was a moon. In 330, the Emperor Constantine rededicated the city - which he called Constantinople (today's Istanbul) - to the Virgin Mary, whose star symbol was superimposed over the crescent. In 1453 Constantinople (Istanbul) was captured by the Ottoman Turks and renamed Istanbul, but its new rulers may have adopted the existing emblem for their own use"\n\nLegends:\n"A reflection of the moon occulting a star, appearing in pools of blood after the battle of Kosovo in 1448, the battle during which the Ottomans defeated the Christian forces and established the Ottoman Empire in Eastern Europe until the end of the 19th century, led to the adoption of the Turkish flag by Sultan Murad II according to one legend. Others refer to a dream of the first Ottoman Sultan in which a crescent and star appeared from his chest and expanded, presaging the dynasty's seizure of Constantinople (Istanbul). There are other legends explaining the flag."
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Meaning #1: a distinguishing emblem\n  Synonym: colors\n\n\nMeaning #2: a flag that shows its nationality\n  Synonym: colors
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The five colors on the Olympic rings were chosen because the flags of every nation in the world have at least one of those colors incorporated
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I do not know that the colors stand for anything specifically...the flag is a combination of the flags of Scotland, England and Ireland (well, the northern part at least)\n\nThe blue is the field of the Scottish flag, with the white saltire (X) being the cross on Scotland's flag.  The white cross with a red cross imposed upon it is England's flag, and then the red saltire is the red cross of St. Patrick.
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"A while ago, the US government released guidelines for proper display of the flag. When the flag is not a “real” flag on a flagpole – like on a patch or painted on a vehicle, the blue star field must always point in the direction of movement. That way, the flag always looks like it’s blowing in the wind. It is not all Army patches that are reversed – only the right arm. The left arm is already oriented in the proper direction. It’s not just patches that follow these guidelines. \n\nTake a look at airplanes, Greyhound busses, Humvees – any moving vehicle that has a flag painted on it. The right side of the vehicle has the flag painted reversed, and the left side is “right.” \n\nIn a weird way, it kinda makes sense."
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The individual colors don't have any significance on their own. It's the rainbow that makes the flag.\n\nThe rainbow flag was used in the 60s and 70s as a counter-culture hippy banner, a sort of bringing it all together gesture.\n\nAfter the assasination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the flag began being used A LOT in San Francisco, and that's when it really became the official queer banner.
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"According to Ancient and Heraldic traditions much symbolism is associated with colors. The colors on the El Salvador flag represent the following:\n\nWhite - peace and honesty \n\nBlue - the sea and the sky  - vigilance, truth and loyalty, perseverance & justice.\n\nThe Meaning & History of the El Salvador Flag - The El Salvador Coat of Arms emblem depicts\n\nThe five flags five fraternal Central American countries  - El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica \n\n14 laurel leaves the number of States \n\nThe phrygian cap of liberty \n\n5 volcanos represent the five nations in the Central American isthmus ( isthmus - a narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land ) \n\nThe two oceans - Pacific & Atlantic \n\nEquilateral triangle representing the equality of individuals \n\nRainbow representing Hope \n\nThe knot represents Unity  \n\nThe flag of El Salvador was adopted on September 27, 1972"