Banner o the Philippines
The Naitional banner o the Philippines (Tagalog: Pambansang Watawat ng Pilipinas) is a horizontal bicolor wi equal baunds o Ryal blue an Scarlet reid, an wi a white equilateral triangle at the hoist; in the centre o the triangle is a gaulden yellae sun wi aicht primary rays, each containin three individual rays; an at each vertex o the triangle is a five-pointit golden yellae starn. This banner can indicate a state o war if it is displayed wi the reid side on tap.[1]
Design
Construction
The banner's lenth is twice its width, which translates intae an aspect ratio o 1:2. The lenth o aw the sides o the white triangle are equal tae the width o the banner. Each starn is orientit in sic manner that ane o its tips pynts towards the vertex at which it is locatit.[2]
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The banner's colours are specified bi Republic Act 8491 in terms o thair cable nummer in the seestem developed bi the Color Association o the Unitit States.[2][3] The offeecial colours an thair approximations in ither color spaces are leetit belaw:[4]
| Scheme | Blue | Red | White | Yellow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cable No. | 80173 | 80108 | 80001 | 80068 |
| Pantone | 286 | 186 | n.a. | 116 |
| RGB | 0-56-168 | 206-17-38 | 255-255-255 | 252-209-22 |
| CMYK | C100-M60-Y0-K5 | C0-M90-Y65-K10 | n.a. | C0-M18-Y85-K0 |
| HEX | #0038A8 | #CE1126 | #FFFFFF | #FCD116 |
Usage as war ensign
The Philippines daes no utilize a separate war banner; instead, the naitional banner itsel is uised for this purpose. This banner is unique in the sense that it can indicate a state o war whan the reid field is displayed on tap, or on the observer's left whan the banner is displayed vertically (i.e., wi the white equilateral triangle at the tap).[2] In times o peace, housomeivver, the blue aurie is the superior field (as seen in the abuin illustrations). Historical examples o this wartime reversal in orientation are durin the Revolution o 1896, Warld War II, an some banners carried bi the demonstrators who stormed Malacañang Palace durin the EDSA Revolution in 1986.[2]
Seembolism
Philippine Govrenment "Flag and Anthem" wab page states that the white triangle staunds for equality an fraternity; the blue field for peace, truth an juistice; an reid field for patriotism an valor. The sun for unity, freedom an Fowk Democracy. While the aicht rays o the sun staund for aicht provinces tae revolt against the Spainyie colonizers.[5][nae in citation given] The three stars seembolise Luzon, Visayas, an Mindanao.[6] The 8 rays represent the 8 provinces that teuk pairt in the initial revolution against the Spainyie. Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista, who wrote the Philippine Declaration o Independence an who read it on the occasion o its proclamation on Juin 12, 1898, haes leetit the aicht provinces as Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Laguna, an Batangas, sayin that thir aicht wur declared in a state o war amaist frae the stairt o the revolution.[6] Historian Ambeth Ocampo haes supportit this,[7] as hae ither soorces. Ocampo haes an aa includit Tarlac amang the aicht leetit instead o Bataan,[8] as hae ither soorces.[9]
The seembolism gien in the 1898 Proclamation o Philippine Independence differs frae the current offeecial explanation. It says that the white triangle signifies the emblem o the Katipunan, the secret society that opposed Spinyie rule. It says the banner's colours commemorate the banner o the Unitit States as a manifestation o gratitude for American pertection against the Spainyie durin the Philippine Revolution. It an aa says that ane o the three stars represents the island o Panay, rather than the entire Visayan islands. The proclamation an aa declares that the sun represents the gigantic steps made bi the sons o the kintra alang the path o Progress an Civilization, an leets Bataan amang the aicht provinces seembolised bi the sun's rays.[10]
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