Flag of Colorado - Definition and Overview

The flag of Colorado consists of three stripes of equal width; the outer two blue, and the interior 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 as the sun, the white as the snowcapped mountains and the red as the earth.

The 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" wholely 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 futher dictated the diameter of the gold disc to be equal to the center stripe.