Inverting any national flag is a signal of distress.
The triangle in the Philippine flag means equalityand fraternity
The blue in the flag of the Philippines represents peace, truth, and justice. It stands for the principles that the nation upholds in governing its people.
The white triangle stands for equality and fraternity
War, Patriotism ,defense & courage.
The white in the flag symbolizes fraternity and eequality. The blue stands for peace, truth, and justice and the red stands for patriotism and valor. The yellow suns symbolize unity, freedom, sovereigntyÊand democracy.
The red color is said to symbolize bravery and patriotism.
There are 3 stars in the Philippine Flag which represent the 3 major islands in the Philippines - LUZON, VISAYAS and MINDANAO.
If by 'downside' you mean inverted, the Philippines flies their national flag inverted when they are in a state of war.
The colors of the Philippine flag are royal blue (upper half) and scarlet red (lower half), with a white triangle on the hoist side. Blue stands for peace, truth, and justice, while red symbolizes patriotism and valor. The white triangle represents equality and fraternity among Filipinos.
The first Philippine flag was sewn in Hongkong because it was in Hongkong that the idea of making a Philippine flag was conceptuatlized by President Emilio Aguinaldo who was in exile then in 1897.
The blue field in the Philippine flag stands for peace, truth and justice.
The Philippine flag as it looks today was designed by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo in 1897.