# File:Flag of the United States.svg

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## Summary[edit]

DescriptionFlag of the United States.svg | English: Vector image file of the Flag of the United States of America Ænglisc: Geānlǣhtra Rīca American fana Chamoru: Banderan Estados Unidos ᏣᎳᎩ: ᎠᎺᎢ ᎦᏓᏘ Čeština: Vlajka Spojených států amerických Cymraeg: Baner yr Unol Daleithiau America Dansk: Amerikas Forenede Stater's flag Deutsch: Flagge der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika Ελληνικά: Σημαία των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών Esperanto: Flago de Usono Español: Bandera de los Estados Unidos de América فارسی: پرچم ایالات متحده آمریکا Français : Drapeau des États-Unis d'Amérique Gaeilge: Bratach na Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá Gàidhlig: Bratach na Stàitean Aonaichte Gaelg: Brattagh ny Steatyn Unnaneysit America Hawai`i: Ka hae ‘Amelika Hui Pū ‘ia עברית: he:דגל ארצות הברית Interlingue: Flagga del Unit States de America Italiano: Bandiera degli Stati Uniti d'America 日本語: 米合衆国の国旗 한국어: 미국의 국기 Kernowek: Baner Statys Unys Amerika Latina: Vexillum Civitatum Foederatarum Americae Македонски: Знаме на Соединетите Американски Држави. Nederlands: Vlag van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika Novial: Flage de Unionati States de Amerika Nouormand: Couleu d's Êtats Unnis d'Améthique Diné bizaad: Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí bidah naatʼaʼí Deitsch: Faahne vun die Vereenichde Schaate vun Amerikaa Polski: Flaga Stanów Zjednoczonych Português: Bandeira dos Estados Unidos Русский: Флаг Соединённых Штатов Америки Scots: Banner o the Unitit States o Americae Gagana Samoa: Fu'a o Iunaite Sitete o Amerika Shqip: Flamuri i Shteteve të Bashkuara Slovenščina: Vektorska slika zastave Združenih držav Amerike Svenska: Amerikas förenta staternas flagga Tagalog: Watawat ng Estados Unidos ng Amerika Українська: Прапор Сполучених Штатів Америки 中文: 美国国旗 ភាសាខ្មែរ: ទង់ជាតិសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក។ Türkçe: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri bayrağı
Date | 11 September 2005–14 May 2008, based on the above flag law as amended by Executive Order No. 10834 dated 21 August 1959.
Source | SVG implementation of U. S. Code: Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 1 [1] (the United States Federal “Flag Law”).
Author | Dbenbenn, Zscout370, Jacobolus, Indolences, Technion.
Other versions | Derivative works of this file: AceAmerica.svg AfricanAmerica.svg BiAmerica.svg Flag of the Cannabis United States.svg Flag of the Communist United States.svg Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States and Ireland.png GQAmerica.svg GayAmerica.svg PanAmerica.svg RainbowAmerica.svg RainbowAmerica12.svg RainbowAmerica4.svg RainbowAmerica6.svg StraightAmerica.svg TransAmerica.svg USA check.png USFlag flat 120x63 WheresTheFlag.png Simplified version (695 bytes): Flag of the USA.svg (talk)

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- The geometric specifications for the union jack and the sizes and positioning of the stars are given in an attachment to Executive Order 10834 of 21 August 1959, printed in 3 CFR, 1959–1963 Comp., p. 368. Also see File:US Flag spec TIOH 5-1-17 1967.jpg, the specification drawing from the Army Institute of Heraldry.
- The official colors are part of the Standard Color Reference of America, specifically Cable Nos. 75001 (“White”) , 70180 (“Old Glory Red”) , and 70075 (“Old Glory Blue”) . Colorimetric designations for these colors were precisely specified in a 1946 paper in JOSA. When the white point is taken to have the luminous reflectance of the flag’s white, these colors can be approximated on screen as , , and , respectively. The United State Department of State uses (#FFFFFF), (#BB133E) and (#002147) in RGB color. [2]
- For more details on the design and colors, see Design of the Flag of the United States at the English Wikipedia.
- The current dimensions of the image (version of 00:43, 14 May 2008), 1235 × 650 pixels (which represents an aspect ratio of 1.9:1.0), were chosen to allow as much as possible of the final geometric manipulations to be performed using whole numbers, avoiding the need for scaling. (This also results in each stripe being 50 pixels high.)
- The versions of 04:42, 5 April 2007, and later (which were written from scratch) are ineligible for copyright and in the public domain. (Earlier versions were derived from the Open Clip Art library and were covered by the Open Clip Art license.)

## Licensing[edit]

| This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

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## File history

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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment
current | 06:07, 29 July 2010 |  | 1,235 × 650 (1 KB) | Zscout370 (talk | contribs) | Reduce code
| 18:24, 14 July 2010 |  | 1,235 × 650 (2 KB) | Dschwen (talk | contribs) | new colors as per w:Talk:Flag of the United States
| 21:02, 27 November 2009 |  | 1,235 × 650 (2 KB) | Zscout370 (talk | contribs) | version by Carl Lindberg
| 07:23, 26 November 2009 |  | 1,235 × 650 (2 KB) | Reisio (talk | contribs) | no... _I_ am the one reverting to the status quo, you just reverted to the new version
| 06:32, 26 November 2009 |  | 1,235 × 650 (1 KB) | Blurpeace (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 20:37, 24 November 2009 Revert to the status quo. Please start a new discussion on the talk page.
| 06:09, 26 November 2009 |  | 1,235 × 650 (2 KB) | Reisio (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 04:59, 21 November 2009
| 20:37, 24 November 2009 |  | 1,235 × 650 (1 KB) | Zscout370 (talk | contribs) | Reduce code
| 04:59, 21 November 2009 |  | 1,235 × 650 (2 KB) | Reisio (talk | contribs) | cleanup
| 22:00, 17 November 2009 |  | 1,235 × 650 (1 KB) | Zscout370 (talk | contribs) | Now this time it works. All code was saved, except for the beginning (redundant code).
| 01:11, 16 November 2009 |  | 1,235 × 650 (1 KB) | Zscout370 (talk | contribs) | Reduce code
| 18:00, 1 November 2009 |  | 1,235 × 650 (2 KB) | Zscout370 (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 21:13, 11 October 2009 (colors were not referenced, I will speak to you on IRC Huib)
| 17:18, 1 November 2009 |  | 1,235 × 650 (2 KB) | Abigor (talk | contribs) | Per talkpage
| 21:13, 11 October 2009 |  | 1,235 × 650 (2 KB) | Zscout370 (talk | contribs) | Pantone colors from the US Embassy in London, shades from http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx
| 00:43, 14 May 2008 |  | 1,235 × 650 (2 KB) | Technion (talk | contribs) | Flipped definition of "pt" to point upward (previously pointed downward) in order to make the code more intuitive; expanded "id" names to make code more readable; see discussion page for more info.
| 17:30, 13 May 2008 |  | 1,235 × 650 (2 KB) | Technion (talk | contribs) | Tightened file size further, plus made minor modifications to allow the SVG file to be rendered properly by browsers with less robust SVG support (such as Apple Safari)
| 09:30, 13 May 2008 |  | 1,235 × 650 (2 KB) | Dha (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 04:42, 5 April 2007
| 20:05, 7 April 2008 |  | 1,330 × 700 (4 KB) | Dha (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 23:02, 28 March 2007
| 04:42, 5 April 2007 |  | 1,235 × 650 (2 KB) | Technion (talk | contribs) | Proposed simplified version written from scratch, derived directly from http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode04/usc_sec_04_00000001----000-notes.html (should be geometrically identical)
| 23:02, 28 March 2007 |  | 1,330 × 700 (4 KB) | Indolences (talk | contribs) | fixing doctype
| 10:35, 26 April 2006 |  | 1,330 × 700 (4 KB) | Jacobolus (talk | contribs) | rm unnecessary attributes I added in last version
| 10:32, 26 April 2006 |  | 1,330 × 700 (4 KB) | Jacobolus (talk | contribs) | wrap "reusable code" in <defs> tag as recommended by wc3
| 07:54, 26 April 2006 |  | 1,330 × 700 (4 KB) | Jacobolus (talk | contribs) | add metadata, some id's
| 01:27, 26 April 2006 |  | 380 × 200 (40 KB) | Jacobolus (talk | contribs) |
| 19:01, 24 March 2006 |  | 1,330 × 700 (2 KB) | Dbenbenn (talk | contribs) | Stars are now exact. Based on an idea of User:Pumbaa80.
| 23:08, 28 January 2006 |  | 1,330 × 700 (2 KB) | Dbenbenn (talk | contribs) | Previous version had a miscalculation--stars were shifted left by 0.02%, whoops! Also, this version now uses viewBox to have a reasonable default size.
| 00:09, 29 November 2005 |  | 18,525 × 9,750 (3 KB) | Dbenbenn (talk | contribs) | more precise version: stars are now accurate to 42 decimal places
| 21:44, 3 October 2005 |  | 18,525 × 9,750 (2 KB) | Dbenbenn (talk | contribs) | change red back to BF0A30, and completely rewrite SVG code, using Zscout's <use> tag idea, but with increased precision
| 19:10, 3 October 2005 |  | 18,525 × 9,750 (10 KB) | Zscout370 (talk | contribs) | Made it into a 130 pixel hoist, as per request on my talk page.
| 19:02, 3 October 2005 |  | 190 × 100 (9 KB) | Zscout370 (talk | contribs) | The cloning is done, but everyone is welcome to reduce the file size even more. :D
| 10:06, 1 October 2005 |  | 570 × 300 (16 KB) | Dbenbenn (talk | contribs) | change red back to BF0A30, according to cited references
| 04:15, 27 September 2005 |  | 570 × 300 (16 KB) | Zscout370 (talk | contribs) | Made the flag 300x570, fixed the colors. I also cut the file size down by over half. I am going to reduce it more once I have time.
| 02:28, 11 September 2005 |  | 247 × 130 (36 KB) | Dbenbenn (talk | contribs) | change red to BF0A30, blue to 002868, according to w:Image talk:Us flag large.png
| 02:25, 11 September 2005 |  | 247 × 130 (36 KB) | Dbenbenn (talk | contribs) | from http://openclipart.org/clipart/signs_and_symbols/flags/america/united_states.svg, by Daniel McRae, PD

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