Delaware (United States)

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• Colours of the flag

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The colours of the flag of the US State Delaware seems to be fixed as follows:

                                        Munsell         PNT*
COLONIAL BUFF                           10YR 7/4        S24-1
COLONIAL BLUE                           2.5B 6/4        S238-6
Farmer:
        Trousers        Gray Brown      5Y 6/2          S42-7
        Shirt           Red             5R 4/12         S89-1
        Hat & Hoe       Brown           2.5YR 3/2       S317-1
        Face & Hands    Flesh           10R 9/2         S61-9
Rifleman:
        Suit            Green           5GY 4/4         S293-1
        Binding, Bag
          & Leggings    Buff            10YR 7/4        S24-4
        Hat, Gun Stock  Brown           2.5YR 3/2       S317-1
        Flask, Feather,
          Gun Barell    Gray            2.5B 3/2        S327-3
        Face & Hands    Flesh           10R 9/2         S61-9
Shield:
        Frame           Shaded Yellow   5Y 8/10         S5-3
        Top Panel       Orange          7.5YR 7/12      S36-2
        Center Panel    Blue            10B 6/6         S235-6
        Lower Panel     White
        Ox              Red Brown       10R 4/6         S317-5
        Grass &
          Corn Husk     Green           5GY 5/6         S293-2
        Corn            Yellow          5Y 8.5/12       S5-4
        Wheat           Yellow          5Y 9/6          S5-5
        Branches
          undefoot      Yellow          5Y 8/10         S5-3
        Emblem above    Blue and silver
                          (twisted)     2.5B 6/4        Blue S238-6
                                        10B 8/1         Silver S235-9
Bark:
        Hull            Brown           2.5YR 3/2       S317-1
        Sails           White
        Water           Blue            10B 6/6         S235-6
        Bunting         White
        Liberty &
          Independence,
          Hem and
          Center Flag   Red             5R 4/12         S89-1

Source: letter (March 22, 1995) of the Assistent Secretary of the State of Delaware to Jos Poels, Grubbenvorst, the Netherlands.

Notes: Nothing is said about the color of the date DECEMBER 7, 1787 on the bottom of the flag. In the color copy which I received, the lettering however is white. Binding, bag and leggings of the rifleman are buff. This is also the same color of the diamond in the center of the flag on which the rifleman is placed. so you get here color-on-color (buff-on-buff). Delware was December 7, 1787 the first state which ratified the Federal Constitution. Delware became thus the first American state. Colonial blue and colonail buff were - according the designers of the flag - the colors of the uniform of general George Washington.

Jos Poels 15-JUN-1995