Editing Flag of Estonia (section)

== Specifications ==
[[File:Flag of Estonia (vertical).svg|thumb|{{FIAV|Vertical exclusive}} When the Estonian flag is displayed vertically, it should be so that the blue appears on the left of the flag when viewed by an observer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ee.html#vert |title=Estonia |website=fotw.info }}</ref>]]
The colour shades are defined by Parliament and Government Office as follows:<ref name="Riigikantselei-lipp">{{cite web |title=Estonian Flag Act |url=https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/ee/505062014001/consolide#para26 |publisher=Riigi Teataja |access-date=24 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="Riigikantselei-lipp-2">{{cite web |title=Eesti lipp |url=https://www.riigikantselei.ee/et/eestilipp |publisher=Riigikantselei |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Scheme !!Pantone !![[CMYK]] !![[RGB]] !!HEX
|-
|{{legend|#0072CE|size=100%|[[Blue]]}} ||285 C ||91, 43, 0, 0 ||0, 114, 206 ||#0072CE
|-
|{{legend|#000000|size=100%|[[Black]]}} ||Black ||0, 0, 0, 100 ||0, 0, 0 ||#000000
|-
|{{legend|#FFFFFF|size=100%|[[White]]}} ||White ||0, 0, 0, 0 ||255, 255, 255 ||#FFFFFF
|}

=== Selections from the Estonian Flag Act ===
The most recent Estonian Flag Act was passed 23 March 2005 and came into force on 1 January 2006.<ref name=":0" /> It has been amended several times since then. The Act specifies the colours in Pantone and CMYK formats, as well as specifying when it can be hoisted and how it can be used and by whom. The minimum size of the flag to be hoisted on a wall-mounted flagstaff or on a flagpole on the roof of a building is {{convert|105|×|165|cm}}. The Act specifies that the "Estonian flag is used as the ethnic and the national flag".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Estonian Flag Act|url = https://web.archive.org/web/1/www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/525062018002/consolide |website = Riigi Teataja|access-date = 2019-02-27|date = 2018-06-25|publisher = Riigikantselei, Justiitsministeerium}}</ref>

More specifically, the Flag Act specifies that the flag be hoisted on the Pikk Hermann tower in Tallinn every day at sunrise, but not earlier than 7:00 a.m., and is lowered at sunset.<ref name=":0" /> The [[flag flying days]] are:

* 3 January: Commemoration Day of Combatants of the Estonian War of Independence
* 2 February: [[Treaty of Tartu (Estonia–Russia)|Anniversary of Tartu Peace Treaty]]
* 24 February: [[Independence Day (Estonia)|Independence Day]]
* 14 March: Mother Tongue Day
* 23 April: Veterans' Day
* The second Sunday of May: Mothers' Day
* 9 May: [[Europe Day]]
* 1 June: Day for the Protection of Children
* 4 June: Flag Day
* 14 June: [[National day of mourning|Day of Mourning]]
* 23 June: [[Võidupüha|Victory Day]]
* 24 June: Midsummer Day
* 20 August: Day of Restoration of Independence
* 1 September: Day of Knowledge
* The second Sunday of September: [[Grandparents' Day]]
* The third Saturday of October: [[Finno-Ugric]] Day
* The second Sunday of November: [[Fathers' Day]]
* The day of election of the ''Riigikogu'' (parliament), the day of election of local councils, the day of a referendum and the day of election of the [[European Parliament]].<ref name=":0" />