Banner o Sooth Africae

current banner o the Republic o Sooth Africae wis adoptit on 27 Aprile 1994, at the beginnin o the 1994 general election, tae replace the banner that haed been uised syne 1928. The new naitional banner, designed bi State Herald Frederick Brownell, wis chosen tae represent the new democracy.

20px Dimensions o the banner: 2:3

The banner haes horizontal bands o reid (on the tap) an blue (on the bottom), o equal width, separatit bi a central green baund which splits intae a horizontal "Y" shape, the airms o which end at the corners o the hoist side (an follae the flag's diagonals). The Y embraces a black isosceles triangle frae which the airms are separatit bi nairae yellae baunds; the reid an blue baunds are separatit frae the green baund an its airms bi nairae white stripes. The stripes at the flee end are in the 5:1:3:1:5 ratio.

In blazons (a vexillological description uisin flag terminology), the Sooth African flag is describit as "per pall fesswise gules, sable and azure, a fesswise pall vert fimbriated argent, Or an argent."

Design an seembolism

Construction sheet (click tae enlarge).

Accordin tae offeecial South African govrenment information, the South African flag is "a synopsis o principal elements o the kintra's flag history." Awtho different fowk mey attribute personal symbolism tae the individual colours or colour combinations, "nae universal seembolism shoud be attached tae ony o the colours." The ae seembolism in the flag is the V or Y shape, which can be interpretit as "the convergence o diverse elements athin Sooth African society, takin the road ahead in unity.

Frae time tae time explanations o the meanings or seembolism o the flag's colours are published in various media, includin offeecial government publications an speeches bi government officials.

Three o the colours — black, green an yellow — are foond in the flag o the African Naitional Congress. The ither three — red, white an blue — are uised in the modern banner o the Netherlands an the banner o the Unitit Kinrick; the colours white an blue wur an aa foond in the auld banner o Sooth Africae. Umwhile Sooth African Preses F.W. de Klerk, who proclaimed the new flag on 20 Aprile 1994, statit in his autobiography, The Last Trek: a New Beginning, that chili red wis chosen instead o plain red (which Anglo-Africans woud hae preferred) or orange (as Afrikaners woud hae preferred).

Colour

Colour	Textile colour	Pantone equivalent	RGB	RGB Sample
Green	CKS 42 c Spectrum green	3415 c	#007749
Black	CKS 401 c Blue black		#000000
White	CKS 701 c Naitional flag white		#FFFFFF
Gowd	CKS 724 c Gowd yellae	1235 c	#FFB81C
Red	CKS 750 c Chilli reid	179 c	#E03C31
Blue	CKS 762 c Naitional flag blue	Reflex blue c	#001489