Republika Srpska
Тробојка/Trobojka (Tricolor)
UseCivil and state flag
Proportion1:2
Adopted12 May 1992
DesignA horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white

The flag of Republika Srpska within Bosnia and Herzegovina was adopted on 12 May 1992.[1][2] The flag is a rectangular tricolor with three equal horizontal bands of red, blue and white.[3] 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.The flag is the same used at the Misiones Province in Argentina.

Flags of Republika Srpska during Day of the Republic celebration in Banja Luka

While the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the coat of arms of Republika Srpska unconstitutional, claiming that it did not represent the non-Serb ethnicities living in the entity, the flag 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.

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 defaced 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.[4]

Color scheme

Crimson Cerulean Blue White
RGB 237/28/36 57/81/163 255/255/255
Hexadecimal #ED1C24 #3951A3 #FFFFFF
CMYK 0/88/85/7 65/50/0/36 0/0/0/0

Standards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Одлука о облику и изгледу заставе Српске Републике Босне и Херцеговине" . Службени гласник српског народа у БиХ (in Serbian). 12 May 1992 – via Wikisource.
  2. ↑ Heimer, Zeljko. "The FAME: Republic of Srpska". zeljko-heimer-fame.from.hr. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  3. ↑ Flag of Republika Srpska crwflags.com
  4. ↑ "Bosnia's 'Foreign' Flag Still Draws Mixed Feelings". www.balkaninsight.com. 2017.
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