In addition to the national German flag (black-red-gold tricolour) which was adopted in 1919, the country has another set of three colors – black, white and red – and these were used in the flag of the German Empire created by unifying the country in 1871. However, in the case of the flag of Germany, the color always means gold and the flag is referred to as Schwarz-Rot-Gold (Black, Red and Gold) in German.
Typically, in the study of flag, “gold” is used interchangeably with “yellow”. The Iron Cross used by todays German Bundeswehr unified defense forces inherits the four white, or lighter-colored, 'flanks' of the older Balkenkreuz that do not 'cap. There has been tremendous debate over the yellow/gold in the Flagge Deutschlands. The straight-armed Balkenkreuz, which is a stylized version of the Iron Cross, was the emblem of the World War II Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces) and its branches: Heer (Army), Luftwaffe (Air Force), and Kriegsmarine (Navy). The colors comes from the three political parties in the country – democratic, centrist and republican.Īs per the RAL color system followed in Europe, the German flag colors are Jet black (9005), Traffic red (3020) and Rapeseed yellow (1021). These are placed in equal-sized horizontal stripes. Flag of Germany has three colors – black, red and yellow.
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