tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post7873077818953201431..comments2024-01-08T14:21:37.465-08:00Comments on Infinite Art Tournament: Flag Friday XXXMichael5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-58905961733287693052011-08-12T12:14:14.730-07:002011-08-12T12:14:14.730-07:00I would like to amend my Qatar rating. It should ...I would like to amend my Qatar rating. It should be an A. The only reason it's not A+ is because of the over-long proportions. Also, it's my 3-yr-old son's favorite flag.Voron Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926495951830978833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-12365234466092706132011-06-20T08:01:45.568-07:002011-06-20T08:01:45.568-07:001. Qatar's principle color is the best on any ...1. Qatar's principle color is the best on any flag in the world. I'll admit I'm biased, but this color has a noble history. During the Roman Empire, the dye to create this color, known as Tyrian Purple, was worth more than gold, whichis why it was reserved for the nobility, which is why senators would put a strip of this color on their togas to show status. Enduring natural purple dyes are very rare, but thanks to the snails Bolinus brandaris and Murex brandaris and a couple others, we have what is essentially indigo-with-two-bromines. The art was lost to the western world in the dark ages, and subsequent rediscovered purples in the middle ages were much bluer. The word "purple" comes from πορφύρα/pvrpvra, and was used to describe this reddish shade (as opposed to Welch's purple!)<br /><br />Enough of my rant. Qatar does not lose points by being similar to Bahrain's, because Rule #5 of "Good Flag Bad Flag" (http://www.nava.org/Flag%20Design/GFBF/) says "Be distinctive or be Related," and Bahrain and Qatar share history, and there's no mistaking which one you're looking at, even in greyscale. Yes, it's proportions are insane, and it loses points for that, though if that flying flag is actually to spec, it looks pretty nice there. Grade: A-<br /><br />2. Romania Romania Romania. sigh. Chad, Moldova, Andorra. Remember my rule about seals - the latter two don't get a walk by sticking some thingy on their neighbor's flag. Blame it on the French. Romania had this nice horizontal primary tricolor going, currently unused on the National level. Then they changed it vertically, possibly to mimic the French. And of course Andorra was influenced by France, being almost part of it. Moldova, of course, pretty much shares Romanian history on the flag front. And Chad, well, the former French colony didn't really go out on a limb after their independence, did they? <br /><br />In the International Flag Court of VoronX, I give Romania the vertical symmetric tricolor, and I require that Moldova go back to the Horizontal tricolor they had originally, like a good little former SSR (they can keep 2:1 if they choose). <br /><br />And Andorra, come on, 8:9:8? You're not fooling anybody. Really, if you're going to make the middle stripe wider to honor Spain, then do it in a 1:2:1 proportion. You are hereby ordered. <br /><br />And finally Chad, what were you thinking? that little seal doesn't mean you can co-opt the Romanian "civil" flag! Take a lesson from Tanzania, the Congo(s) and Namibia - a nice bend sinister (diagonal to upper right) will remove all doubt as to what continent your flag is from.<br /><br />Oh, and Romania's grade? Minus a letter grade for the Chad situation (until it's cleared up), plus a 1/3 grade, since they have the history. B+<br /><br />3. Russia. Obviously there's the pan-slavic confusion issue, but that's not on Russia, who was using these colors in 1668. It's a serviceable flag, though I am sick to death of Red-White-Blue (thank you, Dutch!), so it leaves me less than inspired. Nice lighter blue, though. B+, I guess.<br /><br />4. Rwanda. Nice improvement. Stupid to specify two different yellows, though. The Sun in the fly is refreshing as well. A-<br /><br />5. St Kitts and Nevis. Yes, it has five colors, though "pan-african" is kind of just a color in and of itself. It should get points off for that, the stars should probably be gold, like M5K said. Still, it looks nice, and I'm having a hard time being too harsh, when it has always been so easy for me to remember. Oh, and those are not upside down stars. They follow the diagonal. They "lean right" if you look at them as upside down. Grade: B+Voron Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926495951830978833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-43084098245392450452011-06-17T21:02:27.503-07:002011-06-17T21:02:27.503-07:0011:28 or not... I love Qatar's flag!11:28 or not... I love Qatar's flag!Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15753016063339585565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-35827402453192381582011-06-17T20:28:37.361-07:002011-06-17T20:28:37.361-07:00Get it?<b>Get it?</b>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-52342688854677899412011-06-17T20:28:27.350-07:002011-06-17T20:28:27.350-07:00Perhaps your interest is flagging.<b>Perhaps your interest is flagging.</b>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-42236916832518596872011-06-17T18:52:58.855-07:002011-06-17T18:52:58.855-07:00This feels like a rerun. I guess I'm rememberi...This feels like a rerun. I guess I'm remembering it from when you blogged on all these flags' lookalikes.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.com