Use | County flag |
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Proportion | 3:5 |
Adopted | 20 May 2011 |
Design | A white-fimbriated symmetric red cross on a green field, defaced with a white shield charged with a green silhouette of James Woodford's bronze statue of Robin Hood |
Designed by | BBC Radio Nottingham [1] |
The flag of Nottinghamshire was registered with the Flag Institute in 2011. [2] The flag includes a white-fimbriated red St George's Cross on a green background, and a green silhouette of James Woodford's bronze statue of Robin Hood on a white shield [1] located close to Nottingham Castle. [3]
Andy Whittaker of BBC Radio Nottingham organised a competition following a suggestion by two of his listeners, Jane Bealby and Mike Gaunt. The final design was made up of elements from the designs submitted by a number of people to the radio station for consideration as the new county flag.
The Pantone colours for the flag are: [2]
Scheme | Green [4] | Red [5] | White |
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Pantone (paper) | 364 C | 186 C | Safe |
HEX | #4A7729 | #C8102E | #FFFFFF |
CMYK | 18.0.31.53 | 2.100.85.6 | 0.0.0.0 |
RGB | 74, 119, 41 | 200, 16, 46 | 255, 255, 255 |
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