Editing Flag of Europe (section)

==Specifications==
[[File:EU Flag specification.svg|thumb|300px|Construction sheet]]
According to graphical specifications published online by the Council of Europe in 2004, the flag is rectangular with 2:3 proportions: its [[fly (flag)|fly]] (width) is one and a half times the length of its [[hoist (flag)|hoist]] (height). Twelve yellow stars are centred in a circle (the [[radius]] of which is a third of the length of the hoist) upon a blue background. All the stars are upright (one point straight up), have five points and are spaced equally, like the hour positions on the [[Clock face|face of a clock]]. The diameter of each star is equal to one-ninth of the height of the hoist.<ref name=CoEguide>{{cite web |title=Graphical specifications for the European flag |publisher=[[Council of Europe]] |url=http://www.coe.int/T/E/Com/About_Coe/flag_guide.asp#TopOfPage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040612082135/http://www.coe.int/T/E/Com/About_Coe/flag_guide.asp#TopOfPage |archive-date=12 June 2004 |url-status=dead }} "PANTONE REFLEX BLUE corresponds in the web-palette colour RGB:0/0/153 (hexadecimal: 000099) and PANTONE YELLOW corresponds in the web-palette colour RGB:255/204/0 (hexadecimal: FFCC00)."</ref>

The colours are regulated in the 1996 guide by the EC,<ref name=1996guide/> and equivalently in the 2004 guide by the Council of Europe.<ref name=CoEguide/> The base colour of the flag is defined as [[Pantone]] "[[Reflex Blue]]", while the golden stars are portrayed in Pantone "Yellow":

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!style="background:#003399"| <span style="color:#FFFFFF"> Azure </span>
!style="background:#FFCC00"| Gold
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| [[Pantone]]
| Reflex Blue
| Yellow
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| [[RGB color model|RGB]]
| <code>#003399</code><ref name=RGBvalues>The 1996 guideline does not include any recommendation for RGB values. 
The 2004 guideline published online by the CoE recommends "RGB:0/51/153 (hexadecimal: 003399)" for "PANTONE REFLEX BLUE" and "RGB:255/204/0 (hexadecimal: FFCC00)" for "PANTONE YELLOW" for the [[web palette]] (the limited 12 bit color space popular at the time).
These recommendations are by no means objective or universal. Other recommendations for "Reflex Blue" include:
* #0c1c8c ([http://pantonecolors.org/pantone-reflex-blue.php pantonecolors.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205233940/http://pantonecolors.org/pantone-reflex-blue.php |date=5 December 2017 }})
* #001489 ([https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/Reflex-Blue-C pantone.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814073051/https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/Reflex-Blue-C |date=14 August 2016 }})
* #00209F ([http://www.colourlovers.com/color/00209F/Pantone_Reflex_Blue colourlovers.com])
* #001789 ([https://www.e-paint.co.uk/Lab_values.asp?cRange=Pantone%20C&cRef=Reflex+Blue+C e-paint.co.uk])
* #171796 ([http://encycolorpedia.com/171796 encycolorpedia.com])

The former Pantone "Yellow" is now{{clarify|date=May 2018}} called "Yellow C", with recommended RGB value #FEDD00 (CMYK 0.1.100.0). [https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/Process-Yellow-C (pantone.com)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712000957/https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/Process-Yellow-C |date=12 July 2020 }}</ref>
| <code>#FFCC00</code><ref name=RGBvalues/> 
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| [[CMYK]]
| 100.80.0.0<ref name=CMYK1996>{{in lang|fr}} ''Guide graphique relatif à l'emblème européen'' (1996), p. 6: ''Le jaune est obtenu avec 100% de «Process Yellow». En mélangeant 100% de «Process Cyan» avec 80% de «Process Magenta», on obtient un bleu très semblable au Reflex Blue Pantone.''</ref>
| 0.21.100.0<ref name=CMYK1996/>
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The 2013 logo of the Council of Europe has the colours:<ref name=CoE2013>[http://www.coe.int/02/Logo/CoE-Charte-graphique-V1-2013-EN.pdf Council of Europe's new visual identity- Guide], Council of EUrope, 2013.</ref>
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!style="background:#1E448A"| <span style="color:#FFFFFF"> Azure </span>
!style="background:#FDCB0B"| Gold
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| [[Pantone]]
| PMS 287<ref name=PantoneCoE2013>RGB and CMYK values are those given in the 2013 recommendation. 
Pantone recommendations for PMS 287: RGB #003087, CMYK 100.75.2.18 ([https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/287-C pantone.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801192425/https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/287-C |date=1 August 2021 }}); 
for PMS 116: RGB #FFCD00, CMYK 0.14.100.0 ([https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/116-C pantone.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725165539/https://www.pantone.com/color-finder/116-C |date=25 July 2021 }}).</ref>
| PMS 116<ref name=PantoneCoE2013/>
|-
| [[RGB color model|RGB]]
| <code>#1E448A</code>
| <code>#FDCB0B</code> 
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| [[CMYK]]
| 100.67.0.40
| 0.20.100.0
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