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Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt

Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt

Construction sheet: Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Construction sheet

Description

  • A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black with the gold Eagle of Saladin (national emblem) centred on
  • the white stripe. The current design was adopted on 4 October 1984, deriving from the Arab Liberation Flag tradition

Colors in detail

Colors
Color RGB Hex CMYK Pantone
Red #ce1126 0/92/82/19 186 C
The red band symbolizes the Egyptians' blood in the war against colonization.
White #ffffff 0/0/0/0
The white band symbolizes the purity of the Egyptian's heart.
Black #000000 0/0/0/100 Black
The black band below the white, symbolizes the manner in which darkness is overcome.
Gold #c09300 0/23/100/25 117 C
The Eagle of Saladin (national emblem) centred on the white stripe.

Trivia

  • The Eagle of Saladin (Qurʾān eagle) is the same eagle used by several other Arab nations
  • The red-white-black tricolour was designed during the 1952 Egyptian Revolution
  • The colours represent the bloodshed of revolution (red), purity (white), and resistance (black)

Design

The flag of Egypt (علم مصر [ˈʕælæm mɑsˤɾ]) is a tricolor consisting of the three equal horizontal red, white, and black bands of the Egyptian revolutionary flag. The flag bears Egypt's national emblem, the Egyptian eagle of Saladin centered in the white band.

Trivia

  • Egypt's Revolutionary and Liberation flag was then an inspiration to several

Arab countries and was adopted by many Arab states. The same tricolor is used by Iraq, Syria, Sudan, and Yemen (and formerly Libya)

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