Editing Flag of Luxembourg (section)

==History==
The colours of the flag of Luxembourg were first adopted around 1830 during the [[Belgian Revolution]].{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} They were probably derived from the [[Coat of arms of Luxembourg|coat of arms]] of the [[County of Luxembourg|County]] and later [[Duchy of Luxemburg|Duchy]] of Luxembourg,  which in turn was derived from the combination of the [[Lion (heraldry)|lion]] of the [[Duchy of Limburg|dukes of Limbourg]] and the supposed striped [[banner]] of the early counts of Luxembourg.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} The three-coloured horizontal design was fixed on 12 June 1845.

It took until 1993 before a law was passed regulating the flag of Luxembourg.  The same law also prescribed ensign and roundel for aircraft and ships registered in Luxembourg.

One important clarification brought by this law was that the color blue was defined as being a bright blue, in contrast to the [[flag of the Netherlands]] (exactly the same design, but the Dutch flag uses dark blue and a less [[Rectangle|oblong]] shape).

The [[heraldry|heraldic]] [[blazon]] for the flag is ''per fess Gules and Azure, a fess Argent''.{{cn|date=August 2023}}