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Flag of Mexico

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Flag of Mexico

The national flag of Mexico (Spanish: bandera nacional de México) is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red with the national coat of arms charged in the center of the white stripe. While the meaning of the colors has changed over time, these three colors were adopted by Mexico following independence from Spain during the country's War of Independence, and subsequent First Mexican Empire. Red, white, and green are the colors of the national army in Mexico. The central emblem is the Mexican coat of arms, based on the Aztec symbol for Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), the center of the Aztec Empire. It recalls the legend of a golden eagle sitting on a cactus while devouring a serpent that signaled to the Aztecs where to found their city, Tenochtitlan.

Infobox

Use
Naval jack
Proportion
1:1
Adopted
16 September 1968; 57 years ago (1968-09-16)
Design
A diagonal tricolor of white, green, red, with a thin anchor in the center. Three eight-pointed gold stars are in the canton, and the bottom two corners.
Designed by
Agustin de Iturbide (Original version)Francisco Eppens Helguera

Tables

· Design and symbolism
Pantone
Pantone
Color scheme
Pantone
Green
3425c
White
Safe
Red
186c
RGB
RGB
Color scheme
RGB
Green
0-104-71
White
255-255-255
Red
206-17-37
CMYK
CMYK
Color scheme
CMYK
Green
100-34-93-30
White
0-0-0-0
Red
0-92-82-19
Web colors
Web colors
Color scheme
Web colors
Green
006847
White
FFFFFF
Red
CE1125
Color scheme
Green
White
Red
Pantone
3425c
Safe
186c
RGB
0-104-71
255-255-255
206-17-37
CMYK
100-34-93-30
0-0-0-0
0-92-82-19
Web colors
006847
FFFFFF
CE1125

References

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  3. The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec
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    https://web.archive.org/web/20030819193919/http://www.tareasya.com/noticia.php?noticia_id=4268
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  21. Adobe Photoshop RGB Translator
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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8507514.stm
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    http://www.gobernacion.gob.mx/templetas/boletin.php?id=3684
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