Flag of Republika Srpska

{{Short description|Flag of the Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska}}

{{Infobox flag

| Name = Republika Srpska

| Image = Flag of Republika Srpska.svg

| Proportion = 1:2

| Adoption = 12 May 1992

| Design = A horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white

| Nickname = Тробојка/Trobojka (Tricolor)

| Use = Civil and state flag

}}

The flag of Republika Srpska within Bosnia and Herzegovina was adopted on 12 May 1992.{{cite wikisource |title=Одлука о облику и изгледу заставе Српске Републике Босне и Херцеговине |work=Службени гласник српског народа у БиХ |year=12 May 1992 |wslanguage=sr}}{{Cite web|url=https://zeljko-heimer-fame.from.hr/descr/ba-rs.html|title=The FAME: Republic of Srpska|last=Heimer|first=Zeljko|website=zeljko-heimer-fame.from.hr|access-date=2018-03-18}} The flag is a rectangular tricolor with three equal horizontal bands of red, blue and white.[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ba-rs.html Flag of Republika Srpska] crwflags.com It is almost identical to the civil flag of Serbia, but with different aspect ratio of 1:2 instead of 2:3 and slightly different color shades.

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In 2007, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the coat of arms of Republika Srpska, and other symbols of Republika Srpska unconstitutional. The court ruled that the symbols did not represent the non-Serb ethnicities living in Republika Srpska. However, the flag of Republika Srpska was deemed to be in line with the constitution. The court ruled that though the combination of the colors relates to the Serbian tricolor, the use of red, blue, and white are considered to be pan-Slavic colors as well.

Related flags

The Serb tricolor has been used as the basis for other flags, most notably as Serbia's national flag. Montenegro has also used the Serbian tricolor with varying shades of blue. Under communist Yugoslavia, the republics of Serbia and Montenegro had flags of same design and colors. Montenegro changed its flag in 1993 by altering the proportion and shade of blue in its flag and used this flag until 2004.

The Serbian tricolor was also the basis for the flag of the Serb minority in Croatia. The Serbian tricolor with a Serbian cross is used as the flag of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

The Republika Srpska's flag is popular among many Bosnian Serbs and they prefer to fly it or the Serbian flag instead of the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{cite web|url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/bosnia-s-foreign-flag-still-draws-mixed-feelings-12-05-2017|date=2017|title=Bosnia's 'Foreign' Flag Still Draws Mixed Feelings|website=www.balkaninsight.com}}

It should also be noted that holding the flag upside down would make the flag resemble the Russian flag, although the Russian flag uses 2:3 aspect ratio and has a more defined pan-slavic colors.

Color scheme

The specified colours for the flag are as follows:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!File:Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg

! style="background:#ed1c24; width:130px" |Crimson

! style="background:#3951a3; width:130px" |Cerulean Blue

! style="background:#FFFFFF; width:130px" |White

style="background:#F2F2F2; text-align:right" |RGB

|237/28/36

|57/81/163

|255/255/255

style="background:#F2F2F2; text-align:right" |Hexadecimal

|#ED1C24

|#3951A3

|#FFFFFF

style="background:#F2F2F2; text-align:right" |CMYK

|0/88/85/7

|65/50/0/36

|0/0/0/0

Gallery

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= Standards =

{{gallery items|File:Flag of the President of Republika Srpska.svg|Standard of the president of Republika Srpska (2007-present)|File:Standard of the President of Republika Srpska (1995-2007).svg|Standard of the President of Republika Srpska (1995-2007)|File:Standard of the Prime Minister of Republika Srpska (1995-2007).svg|Standard used by Prime minister of Republika Srpska (1995-2007)|File:Standard of the President of the People's Assembly of Srpska (1995-2007).svg|Former standard of the President of National Assembly of Republika Srpska (1995-2007)|File:Standard of the Minister of Defence of Republika Srpska (1995–2007).svg|Former standard of Minister of defence of Republika Srpska (1995-2007)|class=center|width=180}}

References

Republika Srpska

Flag

Republika

Category:Flags introduced in 1992

Category:Flags with blue, red and white