File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg

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Summary

Description

አማርኛ: የኢትዮጵያ ሰንደቅ ዓላማ

Čeština: Vlajka Etiopie

Ελληνικά: Σημαία της Αιθιοπίας

English: Flag of Ethiopia

Italiano: Bandiera dell'Etiopia

Oromoo: Alaabaa Itoophiyaa

Soomaaliga: Calanka Itoobiya

Svenska: Etiopiens flagga

Date

1897 (original version); 1996, 2009 (current version)

Source

http://www.ethiopar.net/type/Amharic/hopre/bills/1998/654.ae..pdf (Unreachable) User:Lin Kuei Warriors

Author

Drawn by User:SKopp

Permission
(Reusing this file)

This work is in the public domain in Ethiopia because its copyright protection has expired or it is exempted from copyright by virtue of the Proclamation No. 410/2004 on Copyright and Neighboring Rights Protection, enacted 2004 (details). The work meets one of the following criteria:

It is an anonymous, pseudonymous or posthumous work and 50 years have passed since the date of its publication
It is a collective or audiovisual work and 50 years have passed since the date of its publication
It is a photographic work, and 25 years have passed since the date of its creation (or publication, whatever date is the latest)
It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author)
It is "any official text of a legislative, administrative or of legal nature, as well as official translations thereof"
It is "Any idea, procedures, system, method of operation. concept, formula, numerical tables and forms of general use, principle, discovery or mere date, even if expressed, described, explained, illustrated or embodied in a work"

Important note: Works prepared by the Government of Ethiopia and its employees are prepared in a fashion for general news format and noncommercial publication and for public dissemination freely an equivalent to how laws and non-laws at the legislative and administrative ministerial positions are free and public in a general distributable format: and as such copyright laws usually do not legally apply for such a basis

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As such, works published by citizens of these countries in these countries are usually not subject to copyright protection outside of these countries. Hence, such works may be in the public domain in most other countries worldwide.

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Works published in these countries by citizens or permanent residents of other countries that are signatories to the Berne Convention or any other treaty on copyright will still be protected in their home country and internationally as well as locally by local copyright law (if it exists).
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Unpublished works from these countries may be fully copyrighted.
A work from one of these countries may become copyrighted in the United States under the URAA if the work's home country enters a copyright treaty or agreement with the United States and the work is still under copyright in its home country.

Ethiopia has enacted a copyright law as published in the Official Gazette (unofficial English (WIPO) translation) which came into force on 19 July 2004.

This work is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

Other versions

Current flags and coats of arms
State flag (1996-present)
Coat of arms (1996-present)

Historical flags
Before the rectangular flag was created, Ethiopia flew three coloured pennants. The red was then at the top.
Flag of Ethiopia (1897–1914). Menelik II, on 6 October 1897 ordered the rectangular tricolour from top to bottom of red, yellow, and green.
Flag of the Ethiopian Empire (1914–1936).
The flag with the Lion of Judah (1941–1974). It remains popular with the Rastafari movement and people loyal to Haile Selassie.
War Ensign of the Imperial Ethiopian Navy (1955–1974), was based upon the Blue Ensign.
Flag of Ethiopian Empire (1974–1975), modified after Haile Selassie's overthrow by removing the crown from the lion's head and by changing the cross tip to a spear point.
War Ensign of the Imperial Ethiopian Navy (1974–1975).
The official flag under the Derg (1975–1987), essentially the Imperial flag without the lion. It was seen more than the state flag.
The State flag under the Derg (1975–1987). Rarely seen, and a forerunner to the flag introduced in 1987.
The flag of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987–1991) introduced the current ratio of 1:2.
The Civil flag of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia (1991–1996). It is the same as the 1975–1987 official flag, except for the ratio.
The State flag of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia (28 May 1992-6 February 1996).
The flag of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (6 February 1996-2009). Its central disc is brighter than the current one.

SVG development

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Colour and symbolism

Green: "represents the richness and the fertility of our land as well as hope "
Yellow: "represents religious freedom and peace."
Red: "represents the sacrifice of our fathers, who spilled their blood in defense of Ethiopia "

Colours scheme

	Green	Yellow	Red
RGB	`7/137/48`	`252/221/9`	`218/18/26`
Hexadecimal	`#078930ff`	`#fcdd09ff`	`#da121aff`
CMYK	`95/0/65/46`	`0/12/96/1`	`0/92/88/15`

	Blue	Yellow
RGB	`15/71/175`	`252/221/9`
Hexadecimal	`#0f47afff`	`#fcdd09ff`
CMYK	`91/59/0/31`	`0/12/96/1`

File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:46, 11 November 2019	1,200 × 600 (864 bytes)	FDRMRZUSA	Centered emblem. Optimized svg code with code cleanup and reduction. Successfully checked before upload by: "Jarry1250's tools (Wikimedia Laboratory" and "Commons:Commons SVG Checker". No other changes.
	19:27, 9 September 2019	1,200 × 600 (810 bytes)	FDRMRZUSA	Optimized dimensions. Optimized and fixed svg code. No other changes.
	14:54, 8 January 2019	1,000 × 500 (818 bytes)	FDRMRZUSA	Higher svg resolution from same file (by "Inkscape"). Same proportion: 1:2. Optimized code. No other changes.
	13:35, 15 July 2014	720 × 360 (819 bytes)	SiBr4	Cloning the parts of the pentagram & centering it
	23:52, 8 December 2010	1,200 × 600 (1 KB)	Huhsunqu	iqual to the emblem file
	17:57, 2 May 2010	1,200 × 600 (1 KB)	Zscout370	Still nothing about the colors, but a 2009 law changed the dimensions of the flag where the emblem is now 2/3rds of the flag's width. http://www.ethiopar.net/type/Amharic/hopre/bills/1998/654.ae..pdf
	03:39, 11 January 2007	600 × 300 (2 KB)	Reisio	Reverted to earlier revision
	00:03, 11 January 2007	1,000 × 500 (1 KB)	Pumbaa80	more vivid colors; design from www.vexilla-mundi.com
	20:14, 3 June 2006	600 × 300 (2 KB)	Fibonacci	Simplified version
	22:46, 27 September 2005	600 × 300 (4 KB)	SKopp	The flag of Ethiopia. Source: Drawn by User:SKopp {{Template:Insignia}} Category:Flags of Ethiopia