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flag of ASEAN

{{Short description|Regional and organizational flag}}

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{{Infobox National flag

| Name = Flag of Association of Southeast Asian Nations

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| Image = ASEAN Flag.svg

| Nickname = The ASEAN Flag

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| Use = 100100

| Symbol = {{FIAV|100100}}

| Proportion = 2:3

| Adoption = 31 May 1997{{Cite web |title=International Organizations A-L |url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/International_Organizations.html#ASEAN |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=worldstatesmen.org}}

| Design = The ASEAN Emblem on a blue background.

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The Flag of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or the ASEAN Flag{{Cite web |title=ASEAN Flag |url=https://asean.org/asean-flag/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=ASEAN Main Portal |publisher=ASEAN}} is one of the official symbols of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/int-asea.html Flags of the world] It consists of the official emblem of ASEAN on a blue background.

Design

=Construction=

File:ASEAN Flag specification.svg

Set upon a blue background, ten paddy or rice stalks are drawn in the middle of a red circle with white circumference.

The colours of the flag are specified as follows:

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Scheme

! style="background:#0032A0" | Blue

! style="background:#EF3340" | Red

! style="background:#F8E600" | Yellow

! style="background:#FFFFFF" | White

Pantone

| Pantone 286

| Pantone Red 032

| Pantone Process Yellow

| White

RGB Approx.

| #0032A0{{Cite web |date=2021-05-12 |title=PANTONE® 286 C – Find a Pantone Color {{!}} Quick Online Color Tool {{!}} Pantone |url=https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/286-C |access-date=2025-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512121037/https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/286-C |archive-date=12 May 2021 }}

| #EF3340{{Cite web |date=2021-09-16 |title=PANTONE® Red 032 C – Find a Pantone Color {{!}} Quick Online Color Tool {{!}} Pantone |url=https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/Red-032-C |access-date=2025-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916214309/https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/Red-032-C |archive-date=16 September 2021 }}

| #F8E600{{Cite web |date=2021-07-27 |title=PANTONE® Process Yellow C – Find a Pantone Color {{!}} Quick Online Color Tool {{!}} Pantone |url=https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/Process-Yellow-C |access-date=2025-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727001107/https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/Process-Yellow-C |archive-date=27 July 2021 }}

| #FFFFFF

CMYK Approx.100, 80, 0, 120, 90, 76, 00, 0, 100, 00, 0, 0, 0

File:Flag_of_Asean,_Philippine_Post_Office.jpg

File:Ixelles - Ambassade du Viêt Nam 20190908-02.jpg at the Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium.]]

The ratio of width to length of the flag is 2:3. The ASEAN Charter includes size specifications for usage of the flag:[https://web.archive.org/web/20180127050649/http://are.gger.jp/archives/23942665.html ASEAN Charter]

  • Table flag: 10 cm x 15 cm
  • Room flag: 100 cm x 150 cm
  • Car flag: 20 cm x 30 cm
  • Field flag: 200 cm x 300 cm

=Symbolism=

The official symbolism of the flag is detailed in the ASEAN Charter.

+Flags of ASEAN countries
Member

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  • {{flag|BRU|size=28px}}
  • {{flag|CAM|size=28px}}
  • {{flag|IDN|size=28px}}
  • {{flag|LAO|size=28px}}
  • {{flag|MAS|size=28px}}

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  • {{flag|MYA|size=28px}}
  • {{flag|PHL|size=28px}}
  • {{flag|SIN|size=28px}}
  • {{flag|THA|size=28px}}
  • {{flag|VNM|size=28px}}
Observer

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  • {{flag|TLS|size=28px}}

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  • {{flag|PNG|size=28px}}

The colours of the flag – blue, red, white, and yellow – represent the main colours of the national flags of all ten ASEAN member states. Blue represents peace and stability, red represents courage and dynamism, white represents purity, and yellow represents prosperity.

The stalks of rice represent the dream of ASEAN's Founding Fathers for an ASEAN comprising all the countries in Southeast Asia bound together in friendship and solidarity. The number of stalks symbolize ASEAN's ten members.

The circle represents the unity of ASEAN.{{Cite journal |title=Annex 3 – ASEAN FLAG |url=https://www.asean.org/wp-content/uploads/images/archive/21073.pdf |journal=ASEAN}}

History

ASEAN's first flag was similar to the current one – it had six paddy stalks representing the five founding members (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand), plus Brunei Darussalam (joined on 7 January 1984) and the word ASEAN written under the stalks. The background was white instead of blue, the border of the circle along with the word ASEAN was cyan, and the circle was bright yellow. The stalks themselves were golden brownish in colour.

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| image1 = ASEAN Flag (1984).svg

| caption1 = {{FIAV|historical|1}} First Flag of ASEAN
(7 January 1984 – 23 July 1994)

| image2 = ASEAN Flag (1994).svg

| caption2 = {{FIAV|historical|1}} Second Flag of ASEAN
(23 July 1994 – 31 May 1997)

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References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20101031070834/http://www.asean.org/7095.htm ASEAN] – Official description of the flag
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20180127050649/http://are.gger.jp/archives/23942665.html ASEAN Charter]
  • [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/int-asea.html Flag of the World] – Description at FotW along with history

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