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| Proportion | 4:7 |
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| Adopted | 1926 |
| Design | A blue field with a white zigzag pattern, forming two red triangles on the bottom. Within the blue on top, yellow circle is added near the center |
| Designed by | Margaret Overbeck |
The flag of Denver was designed by a North High School student, Margaret Overbeck, and adopted in 1926. A zigzag white stripe horizontally separates a red field below from a blue field above, in which is centered a yellow circle, together forming a stylized depiction of the Sun in a blue sky above snow-capped mountains. The color yellow symbolizes gold in the state's hills, and red the colored earth to which the word colorado refers. The circle's centered position symbolizes Denver's central location within the state. The white zigzag symbolizes Colorado's Native American heritage.[1]
In a 2004 review by the North American Vexillological Association of 150 U.S. city flags, the Denver city flag was ranked third best, behind the flags of Washington, D.C., and Chicago.[2]
- ^ "Denver, Colorado (U.S.)". Flags of the World. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ Kaye, Edward B. (2004). "The American City Flag Survey of 2004" (PDF). North American Vexillological Association. Retrieved 7 April 2023.