Flag of the Netherlands Antilles
The flag of the Netherlands Antilles was white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flag's hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; six white, five-pointed stars are arranged in a hexagon pattern in the center of the blue band, their points up. It was adopted on 19 November 1959.
The six stars represented the six main islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten.
1986 modification[edit]
In 1986, Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles resulting in the flag being modified to depict only five stars to represent the remaining five islands.[1]
Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]
On 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved into Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the three public bodies of the Caribbean Netherlands.[2]
Flag of the governor of the Netherlands Antilles[edit]
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Flag of the governor of the Netherlands Antilles (1966–1986)
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Flag of the governor of the Netherlands Antilles (1986–2010)
Colors[edit]
/ Colors scheme |
Blue | Red | White |
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Pantone | Reflex Blue C | 2035 C | White |
CMYK | 100-73-0-47 | 0-93-90-13 | 0-0-0-0 |
HEX | #002588 | #DD1017 | #FFFFFF |
RGB | 0-37-136 | 221-16-23 | 255-255-255 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Netherlands Antilles".
- ^ Yahoo! news on the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles. 10 October 2010 article accessed 10 October 2010.
- Flags introduced in 1959
- Flags of the Dutch Caribbean
- Dutch Antillean culture
- National flags
- National symbols of Aruba
- National symbols of Sint Maarten
- 1959 establishments in the Netherlands Antilles
- Obsolete national flags
- Flags with blue, red, and white
- Aruba stubs
- Caribbean Netherlands stubs
- Curaçao stubs
- Sint Maarten stubs
- Netherlands Antilles stubs