The flag of
Colorado consists of three horizontal stripes of equal width; the
top and bottom stripes are blue, and the middle stripe white. On
top of these stripes sits a circular red "C", filled with a golden
disk. The blue is meant to represent the skies, the gold
represents the rich minerals found in Colorado, white representing
the snowcapped mountains and the red representing the the "reddish
colorado river."
 Denver FlagThe flag was designed by Andrew Carlisle Johnson in 1911 and
adopted by the state's General Assembly on June 5 of the same
year. However, the legislature did not specify the size of the "C"
or the exact shade of blue or red. Thus, some flags were in
slightly different colors and had the "C" wholly within the center
stripe. On February 28, 1929, the General Assembly added to the
description of the flag that the blue and red would be the same
color as the flag of the United States. On March 31, 1964, the
legislature further dictated the diameter of the gold disc to be
equal to the center stripe. |
