Woodson Rainey asked: "I am comparing the flag of Cuba with the flag of Puerto Rico On this site. The flag of Cuba has a blue field that is clearly an equilateral triangle. The flag of Puerto Rica has a blue field that appears to be isosceles with the two base angles greater than 60 degrees and extending into the banner by a dimension equal to 4 stripes. Is this true or is this a printing/drawing illusion?" No it isn't a printing illusion, however (and strangely enough), if made according to legislation both flags should actually have the same equilateral triangle at their hoist (the flag of Cuba according to Law No.42 or 1983 and that of  Puerto Rico by Act No. 1 of 1952).  Despite this, the Puerto Rican legislation is apparently ignored in practice, with the apex of the triangle only extending the centre point of the flag. Christopher Southworth, 15 July 2009

Translated from "Historia de la isla de Cuba " by Carlos Márquez Sterling, Manuel Márquez Sterling - History - 1975 - Page 77: "Narciso Lopez, the poet Miguel Teurbe Tolón, José Aniceto Iznaga Borrell, his nephew José Maria Sanchez Iznaga, Cirilo Villaverde and Juan Manuel Macias, drew up the flag of Cuba which is now the official flag: 2 white stripes, three blue, a red triangle and a solitary star. With this flag they vowed to fight to the death till Cuba was independent. (1848) Jorge A. Iznaga y Diez, 6 September 2009

Two Republicans on the commission, though, would like their colleagues to consider getting more public feedback before the seal and flag become official. They have suggested putting it directly before voters on the ballot next year, though it's unclear if the legislature could do that.

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When Cuba became independent from Spain on May 20, 1902, Céspedes Flag was officially designated the flag of the city of his birth: Bayamo, Oriente, and the flag which Venezuelan-born, Cuban patriot, Narciso López flew in the city of Cárdenas on May 19, 1850, was officially designated the Cuban national flag. In honor of Cespedes and the bravery of the residents of Bayamo, who during the 10 Year War burned the prosperous city to the ground and moved to the forrest rather than surrender it to the Spaniards, Bayamo was proclaimed a "National Monument" and from then on would have its name proceeded by the initials M.N. for "Monumento Nacional." Since Cuba gained independence from Spain, the flag of Bayamo is displayed alongside the Cuban national flag at official ceremonies and events. Dr. Eladio José Armesto, 1 April 2002

The department spent roughly $1,400 replacing state flags last year and just shy of $2,900 total including replacements of others, like the U.S. flag and special flags flown at the veterans memorials on the grounds.

On the red triangle in the flag, this is very similar to the "typical" Cuban country dress of a red kerchief worn around the neck, which forms a triangle over the back a white cotton or linnen shirt. Adding the blue stripes to this very common image would create the flag.   The Cuban national bird, the tocororo, sports red, white, and blue plumage. Hiram Diaz, 11 January 2005

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Since it appears to have attachments along both left and right, instead just along a hoist edge, is it a flag at all? Perhaps it is a one-off podium or wall hanging, or some similar type of decoration. Ned Smith, 27 October 2009

If so, it was a rather transient blue, since Flaggenbuch already made a clear distinction between the blue shades of the national and Presidential flags. By the way, the current Presidential flag is still turquoise blue. Ivan Sache, 7 May 2002

The image found by Ned also shows how the cuban national flag appears when displayed vertically. Not surprisingly, it's also a simple rotation of the horizontal flag, therefore without the rotation of the star that could be hypothesized for that situation. Jorge Candeias, 28 June 2002

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No. The law empowers the commission, so their designs take effect without further action from lawmakers. The group dissolves upon submission of the report, according to statute. Lawmakers could pass a separate law undoing that work and order the panel to go back to square one, though that appears unlikely given the current make-up of the capitol, where Democrats have control and established this commission in the first place.

Wasn't it so, that the star in the Cuban flag, at least at start, was meant to become one of the stars in the Stars and Stripes ? The Cubans wanted to belong to the US at that time (late 19th Century). Elias Granqvist, 23 June 2000

But that funding doesn't cover future costs of replacing the seal or flags in public buildings. Replacing the flags in those places is the responsibility of the state agency or department —or municipal government that uses the flag anywhere on their property.

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The official version of the Cuban government about the meaning of the shapes and colors of the cuban flag says that the blue stripes refer to the three old divisions of the island, the two white to the strength of the independentist ideal, the red triangle stands for equality, fraternity and freedom as well as for the blood split in the strugle for independence and the lone star symbolizes the absolute freedom among the peoples M.V. Blanes , 19 Febuary 2000

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The "Prensa Latina" agency, 18 August 2010, reports that Emilia Teurbe Tolón, born in 1828 in Matanzas, died in August 1902 in Madrid (Spain). An extensive search performed through the cemetaries of Madrid allowed in April 2010 the identification of Emilia Teurbe Tolón's tomb in the Nuestra Señora de La Almudena cemetary. After exhumation and transfer of the remains, Emilia Teurbe Tolón shall be buried on 23 August in the Colón necropolis, La Havana. The flag embroidered by Emilia Teurbe Tolón is kept in the Revolution Museum, La Havana. http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213958&Itemid=1 http://repeatingislands.com/2010/04/25/cuban-patriot-emilia-teurbe-tolon’s-remains-found-in-madrid/ More on Emilia Teurbe Tolón and the quest for her remains. Ivan Sache, 22 August 2010

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I believe "azul turqui o azul marino" should be translated to "turquoise blue or navy blue". I've translated "azul marino" to navy blue which is more accurate than ocean blue.  It refers to the same color using different names.  The different shades of blue is problably due to flagmakers using the turq. blue as indicated by their color charts rather than dark turq. blue (navy blue) that is intended. Marcos Obregon, 30 July 2002

La bandera de Cuba is prescribed in the Constitution as follows: Capítulo I - Fundamentos Politicos, Sociales y Economicos del Estado Art. 2. Los símbolos nacionales son los que han presidido por más de cien años las luchas cubanas por la independencia, por los derechos del pueblo y por el progreso social: la bandera de la estrella solitaria; el himno de Bayamo; el escudo de la palma real. [Text from Georgetown University's Political Data Base of the Americas www.georgetown.edu] Chapter I - Political, Social and Economic Principles of the State Art. 2. The national symbols are those which have presided over hundred years in the Cuban struggles for independence, the rights of the people and social progress: The lone star flag; The Bayamo anthem; The royal palm shield. [After the translation given by P. Vagnat & J. Poels in Constitutions - What they tell us about national flags and coat of arms [vap00].] The text quoted above comes from the Constitution of 24 February 1976. When the Constitution was amended  in 1992, that text remained unchanged but was moved down to Art. 4. Ivan Sache, 17 March 2003

From kuba.sh.cvut.cz: "The year was 1849. It was a steamy hot day in New York City and General Narciso López, of Venezuelan origin, had joined the fight for Cuba's independence. Exhausted from planning all that was entailed in bringing Revolution to Cuba, he sat a local park, and quickly fell asleep. He was concerned about the pending arrival in Cuba. He felt a flag was necessary to add patriotic fervor to the endeavor. When he awoke in the park, the colors of the splendorous sky allowed him to envision the would-be flag. Full of emotion, he went to his friend, a poet and soon-to-be patriot, Miguel Teurbe Tolón, who incorporated Narciso's ideas and designed the flag which was later sewn by Emilia Teurbe Tolón. And so it was: Three light blue stripes, later changed to ocean blue, representing Cuba's three sections at the time, Western, Central and Eastern. The two white stripes representing the purity and justice of the patriotic liberators' motives. While the lone white star within the equilateral red traingle represents the unity of our people upon the blood spilled by our revolutionary heroes. " Dov Gutterman, 9 January 1999

The Flag Manual - Beijing 2008 gives Pantone colors: PMS 287 (blue) and PMS 485 (red).The Album des Pavillons 2000 [pay00] (Corr. No.6.) gives approximate colors in Pantone and CMYK systems:Red: Pantone 186c, CMYK 0-90-80-5Blue: Pantone 280c, CMYK 100-70-0-10 Turquoise: Pantone 326c, CMYK 90-0-40-30The Album des Pavillons 2023 already specifies the colors of the flags in three color systems.Blue: Pantone 2146c, CMYK 100-87-17-3, RGB 0-42-143Blue: Pantone 326c, CMYK 75-0-41-0, RGB 0-178-169 (turquoise)Red: Pantone 186c, CMYK 14-100-79-4, RGB 200-16-46 Vexilla Mundi gives colors in Pantone system: PMS 281C (blue), PMS 186C (red), and PMS White. Wikipedia gives the color values as follows: Blue: Pantone 301, CMYK 100-74-0-44, Hex #002590, RGB 0-37-144Red: Pantone 485, CMYK 0-94-94-20, Hex #CC0D0D, RGB 204-13-13White: Pantone White, CMYK N/A, Hex #FFFFFF, RGB 255-255-255 Flag Color Codes gives the following color values:Red: Hex. # DA291C, RGB 218-41-28, CMYK 0-95-100-0, Pantone 485, RAL 3028 Blue: Hex. # 004B87, RGB 0-75-135, CMYK 100-51-0-34, Pantone 301, RAL 5005 White: Hex. # FFFFFF, RGB 255-255-255, CMYK 0-0-0-0, Pantone N/A, RAL N/A

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However, according to the info at Symbols of the Cuban nation website it seems that the 1939 Flaggenbuch is right while the 2000 Album is errorneous (or at least oversimplificating). Željko Heimer, 11 February 2007

As for the Cuban flag, I have seen many in South Florida and one on a Cuban freighter in Toronto harbor. The one on the freighter used a dark blue. The ones I've seen here use a medium to medium-dark shade. Never have I seen a Cuban flag in light blue. Al Kirsch, 3 July 2001

It follows four months of meetings, many spirited debates and 2,5000 submissions from the public sharing their ideas for the new symbols.

The legislature authorized $35,000 when it passed this current state budget for the work of the commission and that money went towards staff support, supplies and travel costs for members to come to St. Paul for in-person meetings, according to the Minnesota Historical Society that provides administrative assistance to the panel. The entire state budget for this biennium was $72 billion.

The Minnesota State Patrol, for example, includes the state seal on squad cars and uniforms. A spokesperson in an email said the change will have an impact, but it's too early to know the full scope.

The Law on the Flag gives a detailed description of the flag:   Law 42 on National Symbols issued by the National Assembly of the People's Power in 1983 and published in Gaceta Oficial de la República de Cuba, December 1983:   "[...] its shape is rectangular, twice length than width, composed by five horizontal stripes having all the same width, three deep blue and two white, placed alternatively. A red equilateral triangle, one of its vertical edges occupying the whole height of the flag and constituting its fixed edge. The triangle bears in its center a five-pointed white star, within an imaginary circle, whose diameter is the third of the flag's height, having one of its points towards the free upper edge of the flag." Source: Symbols of the Cuban nation website. The same source gives colour recommendations, according to the Pantone system Blue/Red: RGB 002A8F CB1515 Pantone Coated Key # 2765 CVC Key # 186 CVC Pantone Process Key # 179-1 Key # 75-1 Pantone ProSim Key # 2765 CVP Key # 1805 CVP Pantone Uncoated Key # 2748 CVU Key # 179 CVU Focol Tone Key # 7027 Key # 7017 HKSK - Key # 15 K Toyo Color Finder - Key # 0098pc Trumatch Key # 38-a5 Key # 6-a3 Ivan Sache, 11 February 2007

Apparently, the cuban parliament just changed the country's constitution in order to make the socialist regime untouchable by the legislators. This was an information given today on our TV, and the brief report showed images of the cuban parliament in La Havana. There where two flags in display, both vertical, and both attached to the wall behind the honour tribune, where major officials seat. These flags where on both sides of the Cuban CoA, which was in the center of the wall. To the right of the CoA (viewer's left) there was the cuban flag, in a vertical variation (I didn't notice if the star was rotated or not, though) and to the other side, there was vertical Céspedes Flag. Jorge Candeias, 27 June 2002

MINNEAPOLIS — The State Emblems Redesign Commission tasked with choosing the new flag and seal made its final selections this week and the new designs will debut next year.

Official Name: Republic of Cuba (República de Cuba) Capital: Havana Flag adopted: 20 May 1902 Flag Designer: Narciso López (1849) Coat of Arms adopted: 24 April 1906

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My parents went to Cuba this summer and took several pictures of vertical Cuban flags used as mural decoration which confirmed your answer. There is also a famous black and white photography of a Revolution meeting given by the Three Commanders, which shows the upper part of a vertical flag with non-rotated star. The photography was taken by Raul Corrales, and the postcard showing it is entitled: "Tres Comandantes (Fidel, Camilo, Che). Cuba 1959." The Three Commanders are Fidel Castro, Camilo Cienfuegos, and Ernesto "Che" Guevara, respectively.. Ivan Sache, 7 July and 13 August 2002

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From Album 2000 [pay00] - National Flag (CSW/CSW (1:2)) - Five striped blue-white-blue-white-blue flag with red trangle at hoist with a white star in it. Željko Heimer, 3 June 2001

The construction details are given beside the figure at Album 2000 [pay00], giving width of each stripe as 2, the length of the flag, therefore, as 20. The star is inscribed in a circle of diameter 3. Not indicated on the figure (not to overcomplicate it) is that the triangle is equilateral (this shown on my image by giving each angle 60 degrees) and the center of the circle circumscribing the star being in the center of gravity of the triangle (therefore in the crossing of bisectors of the angles). Željko Heimer, 3 June 2001

According to www.nacion.cult.cu, The Cubans call their flag the Lone Star Flag - just as the Texans call their flag! Miles Li, 21 October 2006

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Yes. The commission said the design—which became property of the state upon submission, like all other design ideas—will be part of the "public domain" not subject to intellectual property rights, so anyone can use them on merchandise. One company, Flags for Good, is already selling the flags for $17 a piece.

Crampton's 'World of Flags', 1990, has: "The white star (La Estrella Solitaria) represented a new state to be added to the USA. The red, white, and blue also referred deliberately to the Stars and Stripes." (p. 32) Eve Devereux, in: 'Flags, the illustrated Identifier to flags of the world', 1994, has: "The ironic similarity between the "Lone Star" flag of Cuba and the Stars and Stripes of its arch enemy, the USA, is far from coincidental. The design can be traced to 1849 and General Narciso López (d. 1851), a Venezuelan filibuster who, living in the USA, was anxious to liberate Cuba from the Spanish and claim it for his adopted country - hence the single star, to be added to the others." (p. 10) Jarig Bakker, 23 June 2000

The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics (Flags and Anthems Manual London 2012 [loc12]) provides recommendations for national flag designs. Each NOC was sent an image of the flag, including the PMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may not be the official, government, version of each flag, they are certainly what the NOC believed the flag to be. For Cuba: PMS 485c red, 301c blue. The vertical flag is simply the horizontal version turned 90 degrees clockwise. Ian Sumner, 10 October 2012

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A spokesman for the Department of Administration, responsible for the buildings on the capitol complex, said in an email that the timeline for implementing the next flag in the next five months "works well with the department's regular rotation of flags" every few months due to wear and tear.

According to Whitney Smith, there is no official specification of the shade of blue of the Cuban flag. In Album des Pavillons 2000, I give as approx code numbers 186c and 280c. Armand du Payrat, 4 January 2002

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Could it be that this tourqouise blue is the old blue, as shown in the old Cuban presidential flag, and the ocean blue we now have is the more modern blue? Manuel L. Quezon, 7 May 2002

From Barraclough and Crampton: Flags Of the World (1981) [brc81]: "A Venezuelan general, Narciso López, made in 1848 the first serious attempt to help Cuba break away from Spanish rule. He carried 'La Estrella Solitaria' -'The Lone Star'-banner, Cuba's present flag. (While he was having important meetings on the revolution, his wife embroidered it). His attempt was not successful; only in 1902 Cuba became an independent republic and López's flag was adopted as the official flag. The three blue stripes are the symbols of the original three provinces. The triangle is a masonic symbol, here signifying liberty, equality and fraternity. The red color is for the blood sacrificed by the Cuban patriots. Jarig Bakker, 29 October 1998

The 1939 Flaggenbuch [gfb39] gives a very detailed spec, but places the star within an imaginary circle equalling 1/3 of flag width, as opposed to the 3/10 given in the Album Christopher Southworth, 16 March 2004

I would like to point out that the true color of the Cuban flag is turquoise blue and not the ocean blue you show in your site.The reason why the color is almost always ocean blue is purely, or impurely, commercial:   the flag manufacturers, possibly non-Cuban, found it cheaper to produce one instead of the other. When seen in its true color, which represents our sky, the beauty of the Cuban flag can leave one breathless. Although you do give the precise measurements, your description is not truly the "official" one:  " Three light blue stripes, later changed to ocean blue".  Changed?  By whom? R. García Bárcena, 6 May 2002

The new state seal and flag are set to become official next spring on Statehood Day, which is May 11, then the old ones will retire. The seal is often on official government documents, and statute allows state agencies and departments to use existing materials with the old seal on them "until the supply is exhausted" or until January of 2025, whichever comes first.

Last modified: 2024-07-13 by rob raeside Keywords: cuba | caribbean | star | america | Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors (1:2) image by Željko Heimer, 11 February 2007 Official Name: Republic of Cuba (República de Cuba) Capital: Havana Flag adopted: 20 May 1902 Flag Designer: Narciso López (1849) Coat of Arms adopted: 24 April 1906 The Flag History of the Flag Construction Sheet Colour specifications Vertical Flag The Huge Cuban Flag of Matanzas Unidentified Cuban Flag See also: Coat of Arms Presidential Flag Prime Minister Flag Flags for Use at Sea Naval Rank Flags Army Rank Flags Air Force Historical Flags Maritime Provinces of Spain Political Flags Sports Flags Subdivisions Houseflags of Cuban Shipping Companies Government Agency flags Corporate flags Educational Institutions Flags Business Group Post of Cuba Committees for the Defense of the Revolution Red Cross Miscellaneous Flags Other sites: About the Cuban Flag - In Spanish cuba flag.com - flag and emblems of Cuba The Flag The official version of the Cuban government about the meaning of the shapes and colors of the cuban flag says that the blue stripes refer to the three old divisions of the island, the two white to the strength of the independentist ideal, the red triangle stands for equality, fraternity and freedom as well as for the blood split in the strugle for independence and the lone star symbolizes the absolute freedom among the peoples M.V. Blanes , 19 Febuary 2000 Wasn't it so, that the star in the Cuban flag, at least at start, was meant to become one of the stars in the Stars and Stripes ? The Cubans wanted to belong to the US at that time (late 19th Century). Elias Granqvist, 23 June 2000 Crampton's 'World of Flags', 1990, has: "The white star (La Estrella Solitaria) represented a new state to be added to the USA. The red, white, and blue also referred deliberately to the Stars and Stripes." (p. 32) Eve Devereux, in: 'Flags, the illustrated Identifier to flags of the world', 1994, has: "The ironic similarity between the "Lone Star" flag of Cuba and the Stars and Stripes of its arch enemy, the USA, is far from coincidental. The design can be traced to 1849 and General Narciso López (d. 1851), a Venezuelan filibuster who, living in the USA, was anxious to liberate Cuba from the Spanish and claim it for his adopted country - hence the single star, to be added to the others." (p. 10) Jarig Bakker, 23 June 2000 From Album 2000 [pay00] - National Flag (CSW/CSW (1:2)) - Five striped blue-white-blue-white-blue flag with red trangle at hoist with a white star in it. Željko Heimer, 3 June 2001 As for the Cuban flag, I have seen many in South Florida and one on a Cuban freighter in Toronto harbor. The one on the freighter used a dark blue. The ones I've seen here use a medium to medium-dark shade. Never have I seen a Cuban flag in light blue. Al Kirsch, 3 July 2001 According to Whitney Smith, there is no official specification of the shade of blue of the Cuban flag. In Album des Pavillons 2000, I give as approx code numbers 186c and 280c. Armand du Payrat, 4 January 2002 I would like to point out that the true color of the Cuban flag is turquoise blue and not the ocean blue you show in your site.The reason why the color is almost always ocean blue is purely, or impurely, commercial:   the flag manufacturers, possibly non-Cuban, found it cheaper to produce one instead of the other. When seen in its true color, which represents our sky, the beauty of the Cuban flag can leave one breathless. Although you do give the precise measurements, your description is not truly the "official" one:  " Three light blue stripes, later changed to ocean blue".  Changed?  By whom? R. García Bárcena, 6 May 2002 My parents visited Cuba last month and bought a flag at the airport of Havana. The colour of the blue field is indeed "ocean blue" as shown on our website. The probability that the flag they bought was manufactured in a foreign country is extremely low. I have also photos taken in Havana by my mother, showing the Cuban national flag vertically displayed among revolutionary mottos painted on a wall in Havana, and here again the flag is "ocean blue". Ivan Sache, 6 May 2002 Could it be that this tourqouise blue is the old blue, as shown in the old Cuban presidential flag, and the ocean blue we now have is the more modern blue? Manuel L. Quezon, 7 May 2002 If so, it was a rather transient blue, since Flaggenbuch already made a clear distinction between the blue shades of the national and Presidential flags. By the way, the current Presidential flag is still turquoise blue. Ivan Sache, 7 May 2002 I believe "azul turqui o azul marino" should be translated to "turquoise blue or navy blue". I've translated "azul marino" to navy blue which is more accurate than ocean blue.  It refers to the same color using different names.  The different shades of blue is problably due to flagmakers using the turq. blue as indicated by their color charts rather than dark turq. blue (navy blue) that is intended. Marcos Obregon, 30 July 2002 La bandera de Cuba is prescribed in the Constitution as follows: Capítulo I - Fundamentos Politicos, Sociales y Economicos del Estado Art. 2. Los símbolos nacionales son los que han presidido por más de cien años las luchas cubanas por la independencia, por los derechos del pueblo y por el progreso social: la bandera de la estrella solitaria; el himno de Bayamo; el escudo de la palma real. [Text from Georgetown University's Political Data Base of the Americas www.georgetown.edu] Chapter I - Political, Social and Economic Principles of the State Art. 2. The national symbols are those which have presided over hundred years in the Cuban struggles for independence, the rights of the people and social progress: The lone star flag; The Bayamo anthem; The royal palm shield. [After the translation given by P. Vagnat & J. Poels in Constitutions - What they tell us about national flags and coat of arms [vap00].] The text quoted above comes from the Constitution of 24 February 1976. When the Constitution was amended  in 1992, that text remained unchanged but was moved down to Art. 4. Ivan Sache, 17 March 2003 On the red triangle in the flag, this is very similar to the "typical" Cuban country dress of a red kerchief worn around the neck, which forms a triangle over the back a white cotton or linnen shirt. Adding the blue stripes to this very common image would create the flag.   The Cuban national bird, the tocororo, sports red, white, and blue plumage. Hiram Diaz, 11 January 2005 According to www.nacion.cult.cu, The Cubans call their flag the Lone Star Flag - just as the Texans call their flag! Miles Li, 21 October 2006 Woodson Rainey asked: "I am comparing the flag of Cuba with the flag of Puerto Rico On this site. The flag of Cuba has a blue field that is clearly an equilateral triangle. The flag of Puerto Rica has a blue field that appears to be isosceles with the two base angles greater than 60 degrees and extending into the banner by a dimension equal to 4 stripes. Is this true or is this a printing/drawing illusion?" No it isn't a printing illusion, however (and strangely enough), if made according to legislation both flags should actually have the same equilateral triangle at their hoist (the flag of Cuba according to Law No.42 or 1983 and that of  Puerto Rico by Act No. 1 of 1952).  Despite this, the Puerto Rican legislation is apparently ignored in practice, with the apex of the triangle only extending the centre point of the flag. Christopher Southworth, 15 July 2009 Colour specifications The Law on the Flag gives a detailed description of the flag:   Law 42 on National Symbols issued by the National Assembly of the People's Power in 1983 and published in Gaceta Oficial de la República de Cuba, December 1983:   "[...] its shape is rectangular, twice length than width, composed by five horizontal stripes having all the same width, three deep blue and two white, placed alternatively. A red equilateral triangle, one of its vertical edges occupying the whole height of the flag and constituting its fixed edge. The triangle bears in its center a five-pointed white star, within an imaginary circle, whose diameter is the third of the flag's height, having one of its points towards the free upper edge of the flag." Source: Symbols of the Cuban nation website. The same source gives colour recommendations, according to the Pantone system Blue/Red: RGB 002A8F CB1515 Pantone Coated Key # 2765 CVC Key # 186 CVC Pantone Process Key # 179-1 Key # 75-1 Pantone ProSim Key # 2765 CVP Key # 1805 CVP Pantone Uncoated Key # 2748 CVU Key # 179 CVU Focol Tone Key # 7027 Key # 7017 HKSK - Key # 15 K Toyo Color Finder - Key # 0098pc Trumatch Key # 38-a5 Key # 6-a3 Ivan Sache, 11 February 2007 The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics (Flags and Anthems Manual London 2012 [loc12]) provides recommendations for national flag designs. Each NOC was sent an image of the flag, including the PMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may not be the official, government, version of each flag, they are certainly what the NOC believed the flag to be. For Cuba: PMS 485c red, 301c blue. The vertical flag is simply the horizontal version turned 90 degrees clockwise. Ian Sumner, 10 October 2012 The Flag Manual - Beijing 2008 gives Pantone colors: PMS 287 (blue) and PMS 485 (red).The Album des Pavillons 2000 [pay00] (Corr. No.6.) gives approximate colors in Pantone and CMYK systems:Red: Pantone 186c, CMYK 0-90-80-5Blue: Pantone 280c, CMYK 100-70-0-10 Turquoise: Pantone 326c, CMYK 90-0-40-30The Album des Pavillons 2023 already specifies the colors of the flags in three color systems.Blue: Pantone 2146c, CMYK 100-87-17-3, RGB 0-42-143Blue: Pantone 326c, CMYK 75-0-41-0, RGB 0-178-169 (turquoise)Red: Pantone 186c, CMYK 14-100-79-4, RGB 200-16-46 Vexilla Mundi gives colors in Pantone system: PMS 281C (blue), PMS 186C (red), and PMS White. Wikipedia gives the color values as follows: Blue: Pantone 301, CMYK 100-74-0-44, Hex #002590, RGB 0-37-144Red: Pantone 485, CMYK 0-94-94-20, Hex #CC0D0D, RGB 204-13-13White: Pantone White, CMYK N/A, Hex #FFFFFF, RGB 255-255-255 Flag Color Codes gives the following color values:Red: Hex. # DA291C, RGB 218-41-28, CMYK 0-95-100-0, Pantone 485, RAL 3028 Blue: Hex. # 004B87, RGB 0-75-135, CMYK 100-51-0-34, Pantone 301, RAL 5005 White: Hex. # FFFFFF, RGB 255-255-255, CMYK 0-0-0-0, Pantone N/A, RAL N/A Zoltan Horvath, 16 May 2024 History of the Flag From Barraclough and Crampton: Flags Of the World (1981) [brc81]: "A Venezuelan general, Narciso López, made in 1848 the first serious attempt to help Cuba break away from Spanish rule. He carried 'La Estrella Solitaria' -'The Lone Star'-banner, Cuba's present flag. (While he was having important meetings on the revolution, his wife embroidered it). His attempt was not successful; only in 1902 Cuba became an independent republic and López's flag was adopted as the official flag. The three blue stripes are the symbols of the original three provinces. The triangle is a masonic symbol, here signifying liberty, equality and fraternity. The red color is for the blood sacrificed by the Cuban patriots. Jarig Bakker, 29 October 1998 From kuba.sh.cvut.cz: "The year was 1849. It was a steamy hot day in New York City and General Narciso López, of Venezuelan origin, had joined the fight for Cuba's independence. Exhausted from planning all that was entailed in bringing Revolution to Cuba, he sat a local park, and quickly fell asleep. He was concerned about the pending arrival in Cuba. He felt a flag was necessary to add patriotic fervor to the endeavor. When he awoke in the park, the colors of the splendorous sky allowed him to envision the would-be flag. Full of emotion, he went to his friend, a poet and soon-to-be patriot, Miguel Teurbe Tolón, who incorporated Narciso's ideas and designed the flag which was later sewn by Emilia Teurbe Tolón. And so it was: Three light blue stripes, later changed to ocean blue, representing Cuba's three sections at the time, Western, Central and Eastern. The two white stripes representing the purity and justice of the patriotic liberators' motives. While the lone white star within the equilateral red traingle represents the unity of our people upon the blood spilled by our revolutionary heroes. " Dov Gutterman, 9 January 1999 When Cuba became independent from Spain on May 20, 1902, Céspedes Flag was officially designated the flag of the city of his birth: Bayamo, Oriente, and the flag which Venezuelan-born, Cuban patriot, Narciso López flew in the city of Cárdenas on May 19, 1850, was officially designated the Cuban national flag. In honor of Cespedes and the bravery of the residents of Bayamo, who during the 10 Year War burned the prosperous city to the ground and moved to the forrest rather than surrender it to the Spaniards, Bayamo was proclaimed a "National Monument" and from then on would have its name proceeded by the initials M.N. for "Monumento Nacional." Since Cuba gained independence from Spain, the flag of Bayamo is displayed alongside the Cuban national flag at official ceremonies and events. Dr. Eladio José Armesto, 1 April 2002 Translated from "Historia de la isla de Cuba " by Carlos Márquez Sterling, Manuel Márquez Sterling - History - 1975 - Page 77: "Narciso Lopez, the poet Miguel Teurbe Tolón, José Aniceto Iznaga Borrell, his nephew José Maria Sanchez Iznaga, Cirilo Villaverde and Juan Manuel Macias, drew up the flag of Cuba which is now the official flag: 2 white stripes, three blue, a red triangle and a solitary star. With this flag they vowed to fight to the death till Cuba was independent. (1848) Jorge A. Iznaga y Diez, 6 September 2009 The "Prensa Latina" agency, 18 August 2010, reports that Emilia Teurbe Tolón, born in 1828 in Matanzas, died in August 1902 in Madrid (Spain). An extensive search performed through the cemetaries of Madrid allowed in April 2010 the identification of Emilia Teurbe Tolón's tomb in the Nuestra Señora de La Almudena cemetary. After exhumation and transfer of the remains, Emilia Teurbe Tolón shall be buried on 23 August in the Colón necropolis, La Havana. The flag embroidered by Emilia Teurbe Tolón is kept in the Revolution Museum, La Havana. http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213958&Itemid=1 http://repeatingislands.com/2010/04/25/cuban-patriot-emilia-teurbe-tolon’s-remains-found-in-madrid/ More on Emilia Teurbe Tolón and the quest for her remains. Ivan Sache, 22 August 2010 Construction Sheet image by Željko Heimer, 11 February 2007 The construction details are given beside the figure at Album 2000 [pay00], giving width of each stripe as 2, the length of the flag, therefore, as 20. The star is inscribed in a circle of diameter 3. Not indicated on the figure (not to overcomplicate it) is that the triangle is equilateral (this shown on my image by giving each angle 60 degrees) and the center of the circle circumscribing the star being in the center of gravity of the triangle (therefore in the crossing of bisectors of the angles). Željko Heimer, 3 June 2001 The 1939 Flaggenbuch [gfb39] gives a very detailed spec, but places the star within an imaginary circle equalling 1/3 of flag width, as opposed to the 3/10 given in the Album Christopher Southworth, 16 March 2004 However, according to the info at Symbols of the Cuban nation website it seems that the 1939 Flaggenbuch is right while the 2000 Album is errorneous (or at least oversimplificating). Željko Heimer, 11 February 2007 Vertical Flag image by Željko Heimer, 27 June 2002 Apparently, the cuban parliament just changed the country's constitution in order to make the socialist regime untouchable by the legislators. This was an information given today on our TV, and the brief report showed images of the cuban parliament in La Havana. There where two flags in display, both vertical, and both attached to the wall behind the honour tribune, where major officials seat. These flags where on both sides of the Cuban CoA, which was in the center of the wall. To the right of the CoA (viewer's left) there was the cuban flag, in a vertical variation (I didn't notice if the star was rotated or not, though) and to the other side, there was vertical Céspedes Flag. Jorge Candeias, 27 June 2002 The image found by Ned also shows how the cuban national flag appears when displayed vertically. Not surprisingly, it's also a simple rotation of the horizontal flag, therefore without the rotation of the star that could be hypothesized for that situation. Jorge Candeias, 28 June 2002 My parents went to Cuba this summer and took several pictures of vertical Cuban flags used as mural decoration which confirmed your answer. There is also a famous black and white photography of a Revolution meeting given by the Three Commanders, which shows the upper part of a vertical flag with non-rotated star. The photography was taken by Raul Corrales, and the postcard showing it is entitled: "Tres Comandantes (Fidel, Camilo, Che). Cuba 1959." The Three Commanders are Fidel Castro, Camilo Cienfuegos, and Ernesto "Che" Guevara, respectively.. Ivan Sache, 7 July and 13 August 2002 The Huge Cuban Flag of Matanzas "Juventud Rebelde", 27 January 2007, reports that a huge Cuban national flag completely covers the balcony of the Pharmacy Museum of Matanzas, the town known as the Cuban Athens and where the Cuban flag was hoisted for the first time, in 1850. The flag is 15.5 m x 1.5 m, and each stripe is made of a single piece of fabric. The flag was made by Dr. Maria María Dolores Figueroa, the first woman to be chemist in Matanzas and wife of Ernesto Triolet, owner of the building. The flag was shown on the balcony for the first time on 20 May 1902 (the day the flag was adopted); since then, it has been shown every year (therefore for 105 years) on 28 January (the Cuban national day). According to the Director of the Museum, Marcia Brito, the flag is shown only one day per year for the sake of conservation. Ivan Sache, 11 February 2007 Unidentified Cuban flag Could you help me with identification of this Cuban flag? It is a simple five-striped blue and white flag, with the national arms centred.  Stan, 26 October 2009 Since it appears to have attachments along both left and right, instead just along a hoist edge, is it a flag at all? Perhaps it is a one-off podium or wall hanging, or some similar type of decoration. Ned Smith, 27 October 2009

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"Juventud Rebelde", 27 January 2007, reports that a huge Cuban national flag completely covers the balcony of the Pharmacy Museum of Matanzas, the town known as the Cuban Athens and where the Cuban flag was hoisted for the first time, in 1850. The flag is 15.5 m x 1.5 m, and each stripe is made of a single piece of fabric. The flag was made by Dr. Maria María Dolores Figueroa, the first woman to be chemist in Matanzas and wife of Ernesto Triolet, owner of the building. The flag was shown on the balcony for the first time on 20 May 1902 (the day the flag was adopted); since then, it has been shown every year (therefore for 105 years) on 28 January (the Cuban national day). According to the Director of the Museum, Marcia Brito, the flag is shown only one day per year for the sake of conservation. Ivan Sache, 11 February 2007

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My parents visited Cuba last month and bought a flag at the airport of Havana. The colour of the blue field is indeed "ocean blue" as shown on our website. The probability that the flag they bought was manufactured in a foreign country is extremely low. I have also photos taken in Havana by my mother, showing the Cuban national flag vertically displayed among revolutionary mottos painted on a wall in Havana, and here again the flag is "ocean blue". Ivan Sache, 6 May 2002

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Could you help me with identification of this Cuban flag? It is a simple five-striped blue and white flag, with the national arms centred.  Stan, 26 October 2009