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The color of the stripes, from the top down, follows the sequence: white, red, blue, white, red, blue, white, red. The colors "red", "blue" and "white" are not explicitly defined. Despite resembling the flags of British Overseas Territories, the Hawaiian flag is proportioned differently – the Union Jack in the canton is in a 7:16 ratio. [1]
Today, the current State of Hawaii flag (with variations) was adopted in 1896 and officially adopted in 1945. Inverted national flags signify distress. The inverted Hawaiian flag has come to symbolize a nation in distress and is the main symbol of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement.
Flag: The Flag of Hawaii [1] Seal: The Great Seal of the State of Hawaii [2] Motto "Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono" ("The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness") — [3] Popular name "The Aloha State" — [4]
Description of the Hawaiian flag. The official description of the Hawaiian flag as authorized to represent the State of Hawaii on land and sea, and authorized for executive state agencies, second to the stars and stripes of the United States shall be:
English: Flag of Hawaii in 1896. Notice the narrow fimbriation/border around the St. George's Cross. ... Rework some color shades: 08:22, 24 October 2015: 1,200 × ...
English: The Kanaka Maoli flag, a popular unofficial Hawaiian flag. In the center are a kahili (symbol of the ali'i) and paddles. In the center are a kahili (symbol of the ali'i) and paddles. The colors: green for the 'aina (land), red for the koko (blood), and yellow the colors of the feathers used in sacred capes of the 'ali'i.
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English: The flag of Hawaii proportioned similarly to a UK overseas territory ensign (the Union Jack in the Canton has a 1:2 ratio) and using the official colors of the UK flag. Date 10 August 2020