This is the American Flag.*

The Flag of the USA can be monstrously scrambled, not only without consequences, but also while following all official rules for its construction.

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[pandamaster]

Lack of color specificity also means you don't need to use the same red for each stripe, same white for each star, or a consistent blue for the field

[GavinPetty]

The loose guidelines may seriously be problematic on the governmental level, but OH BOY is it fun to play around with the design of the US flag while keeping those guidelines.

[marcellkiss-redey]

For Hungary, the flag is described in the Basic Law as the following: "The flag of Hungary consists of three, equal-width, horizontal bars, red, white and green in order from the top, where the color red represents strength, the color white represents loyalty, and the color green represents hope."
The proportions are specified in a government decree to be 2:1 for state flags, while civil flags are allowed to follow the older proportion specification of 3:2 as well.
There is also a standard that specifies the colours using Pantone, but not with RGB.

[cannonfodder]

America gives its citizens the *freedom* to pick their own colors and proportions

[ghostel]

I already knew about this because one of my friends got in trouble for bringing a custom flag to school with the stars arranged to say “DICK” lol

[SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

And here's an interesting thing related to the flag: Walt Disney was proud to be an American. When you enter Disneyland in California and Magic Kingdom at Disney World in Florida, you are greeted with buildings topped with American flags on Main Street USA. The United States Flag Code establishes advisory rules for display and care of the flag. It states that it is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed twenty-four hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness

But the flags on the buildings of Main Street USA aren't illuminated at night what so ever, so why are they left up all night? Because while they have thirteen stripes, they have only 45 stars. This is because Main Street USA is set at the turn of the 20th century, around 1890 to 1910. And during that time, the US had 45 states (Utah joined as the 45th state in 1896). The only REAL American flag on Main Street USA at both of these parks is at the square by the train station, where they do a flag retreat ceremony with veterans involved. The other Disney World parks in Florida also have a flagpole at the front where the flag is lowered each night.

[horsepowermultimedia]

Imagine if the US kept with the rule that increased the amount of stripes from 13 to 15 from Flag Act II. Today's flag would literally have 50 stripes.

[railrunners]

The CGP Grey cameo has me screaming and burping

[jordandelosreyes]

The most funny version of the flag to me is the one where the stars form the hammer and sickle.

[imagiking]

When I showed the title and thumbnail to my veteran grandfather he said, "That's distress."
When asked to elaborate, he said, "If you see a ship in the sea, and its flag is upside-down, that means it's in distress."

[смрш]

unpopular opinion: the textile colors look really good on screen, the flag has a sort of dignified look to it

[klobiforpresident]

This is what I call a 180 after Nepal. Wait, can I make America's flag Nepal?? Shape's up to my choosing, after all.

[flameoguy]

The flag act being vague is a feature not a bug. Flags originate from heraldric banners, which were blazoned vaguely and only carried a particular design through tradition. "Wiggle room" being given for what can be considered an official flag of the United States allows the nation to represent itself even with poor quality materials or inexact production methods.

[Thewanderers]

I learned a few years ago about a similar problem in France. For decades, the government had been matching their blue to the EU blue (for symbolism) until one day Macron decided that flags in the executive branch were going back to an older # darker, shade. So now there's two versions depending on what branch of government you're dealing with.

[Soguwe]

Someone who knows what they're doing should make a webtool that randomly creates USAnian flags, with random stripesizes and staralignments

[nolanwilson]

I like the more subtle color, its a little more dignified and gives it a sense of age

[Azeria]

the closest thing we have to a standardised library of flags is whatever the current SVG is on wikipedia

[AndromedaCripps]

This would be such a fun prompt for an art or government/social studies/history Design your own American Flag following the legal requirements of the Flag Act!!! You can explore the ambiguity of language, the art of design, etc. etc. Would be a very fun and interesting school project!!!

[shepinel]

Honestly it never really occurred to me that their wasn’t a color standard for the American flag. There were always different versions as a kid but I figured it was just the aesthetic

[Gpz]

So what your telling me is that the flag bikinis girls wear on July 4th aren't legally recognized? This is an outrage!