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The national flag of Greece, popularly referred to as the Blue-and-White (Γαλανόλευκη, Galanólefki) or the Cyan-and-White (Κυανόλευκη, Kyanólefki), is officially recognised by Greece as one of its national symbols and has 5 equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white.
Flag ratio is 2:3 and color shade is traditionally intermediate, neither light, nor dark, although its precise shade is not officially stipulated by law. Same as above. Particular shade of blue introduced in 1970. Same as above. Variant of the Greek National Flag in 2:3 aspect ratio and in a "midnight blue" shade.
The Flag of Greece is also blue and white, as defined by Law 851/1978 Regarding the National Flag. [21] It specifies the colour of "cyan" (Greek: κυανό, kyano), meaning "blue", so the shade of blue is ambiguous. The Order of the Redeemer and military decoration Cross of Valour both have ribbons in the national colours. [22]
During the Palaiologan period, the insigne of the reigning dynasty, and the closest thing to a Byzantine "national flag", according to Soloviev, was the so-called "tetragrammatic cross", a gold or silver cross with four letters beta "Β" (often interpreted as firesteels) of the same color, one in each corner. [43] [44]
Flag of Greece: Five equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white. There is a blue canton in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross. 1975-1978: Flag of Greece: A White cross on a blue field. [17] 1974-1975: Flag of Greece under the Colonels' regime. The sea flag, in ratio 7:12 and in very dark shade of blue (dark "midnight ...
A Greek coat of arms with coloured laurel branches, used at an embassy Common but unofficial rendering in proper tincture. The colours used to render the coat of arms are inconsistent. The original regulation does not specify a colour for the branches of laurel surrounding the escutcheon, implying that they should be green, or proper tincture ...
This is a list of flags of states, territories, former, and other geographic entities (plus a few non-geographic flags) sorted by their combinations of dominant colors. Flags emblazoned with seals, coats of arms, and other multicolored emblems are sorted only by their color fields. The color of text is almost entirely ignored.
United Nations: the recognisable blue helmets of the peacekeeping operations and the flags of associated UN agencies like the World Health Organization, with the UN's light blue and white. European Union: the blue and yellow of the EU flag; uses include the blue European Health Insurance Card and the Blue Card for skilled immigration.