Editing Flag of Finland (section)

=== Colours ===
The current standard colours were defined in 1995 in both [[CIE 1931 color space|CIE 1931]] and [[Lab color space|CIE 1976]] standards, with approximate equivalents in the [[Natural Color System|Natural Colour System]] (Swedish standard {{nowrap|SS 01 91 22}}) and by the [[Pantone Matching System|Pantone Color Matching System]] also given:

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! [[File:Flag of Finland (state).svg|50px]]<br>Colours scheme
! style="background:#002F6C;color:white"| Blue
! style="background:#C8102E;color:white"| Red
! style="background:#FFC72C"| Yellow
|-
| [[CIE 1931 color space|CIE (x, y, Y)]]
| 0.1856, 0.1696, 5.86
| 0.576, 0.312, 10.9
| 0.486, 0.457, 45.7
|-
| [[Lab color space|CIE (L*, a*, b*)]]
| 29.06, 7.24, −36.98
| 39.4, 59.0, 29.6
| 73.4, 14.8, 79.0
|-
| [[Natural Color System]] (SS 01 91 22)
| 4060-R90B
| 1090-Y90R
| 0080-Y204
|-
| [[Pantone]]
| 294 C
| 186 C
| 123 C
|-
|[[sRGB]] (Approximation)
|24, 68, 126
|181, 28, 49
|237, 167, 0
|-
|colspan ="4"|<small>*Section 3 of the source gives for the CIE values illuminant D65 and measurement geometry d/2°. <br>*Source: https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/1993/827 Government Decision 827/1993 (in Finnish)</small>
|}
[[File:Finnish presidential standard Palace.jpg|thumb|right|The Finnish presidential standard at the Presidential Palace, Helsinki.]]
[[File:State flag of Finland.jpg|thumb|right|Finnish State Flag at the [[Embassy of Finland to Australia|Finnish embassy]], [[Canberra]].]]
There is no official RGB version of the colours, and in fact the yellow as defined in the CIE L*a*b* standard lies outside [[color gamut|colour gamut]] of the sRGB colour space. The CIE L*a*b* colours can be approximated in [[sRGB]]  (range 0–255) by: blue R=24, G=68, B=126, red R=181, G=28, B=49 and yellow R=237, G=167, B=0. The blue colour is called "sea blue", which is a dark to medium blue. It is not very dark navy blue, and not any bright or greenish shade such as turquoise or [[cyan]]. 

Red and yellow are used in the coat of arms that appears on the state flag.