What do the colors of the Colombian flag represent?

Answer 1

Yellow represents the richness of Colombia (not only gold, emeralds and coffee, but also its biodiversity and human capital).

Blue represents the Country's water wealth it is surrounded by 2 oceans and covered by lots of rivers.

Red represents the blood of the Heroes (Soldiers) who fought and still fight for the country of Colombia.

Answer 2

The Colombian Flag.The Yellow - stands for the gold and riches of the country.

The Red - stands for the blood from battles.

The Blue - stands for the ocean.

Answer 3

Yellow:Sun (Gives light, and therefore vibrancy)

Blue: The sea, water

Red: The blood shed in wars

Other interpretations: * Yellow: represents the richness of the Colombian land. * Blue: represents the seas on Colombia's shores. * Red: represents the blood spilled on the battlegrounds by the heroes who gained Colombia's freedom.

There is no official meaning of the Colombian flag; however there are two popular theories on the meaning behind Colombia's flag's colors. One states that the yellow symbolizes sovereignty and justice; the blue stands for nobility, loyalty and vigilance; while the red represents valor, honor, generosity and victory through bloodshed.

The second interpretation states the yellow stands for universal liberty; the blue for the equality of all races and social classes before God and the law; and red means fraternity. There is also a popular Colombian children's song which resonates - "yellow is our gold, blue is our vast seas and red is the blood that gave us our freedom".

The inventor of the colours of the flags is also said to have chosen those colours in honour of a woman he admired. Yellow for her rich and fair hair, Blue for her deep blue eyes, and red for her thick pounting lips.

Answer 4

The colours and symbols on Colombia's flag are not significant in meaning. It is derived from Gran Colombia's flag, and is one of the few flags with stripes of unequal sizes. The most popular, non-official interpretation is that Yellow is for the Sun and the people of Colombia, Blue is for the water of Colombia, and Red is for the blood shed in the fight for Colombian independence.

Answer 5

the colours are yellow blue and red. Yellow symbolizes the gold in the country, blue symbolizes the oceans and red symbolizes the blood from all the wars.

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Answer 6

The Colombian flag has 3 colors. 1st: Yellow 2nd: Blue and 3rd: Red. The yellow stripe is the biggest and the blue and red are the same width.

Answer 7

Yellow, Blue and Red Cheers Gym