A Response to Ausflag's Critique. The yellow, red and green colours would stand out against the sky and sea at a distance . The blue and green colours are not exactly of dark hue but a brighter vivid deep hue, and are separated by a light bright colour red. The cloth flag is not dull or dark by any measure . The bright red colour in this case also acts as a defacto metal colour separating and distinguishing the blue and green, even at a distance.
Bright red is the colour of very hot metal.
This bright light red defacto-metal colour issue is perhaps the crucial point here where a vexillological rule is bent slightly and redefined for the purpose of achieving and securing the important symbolic meanings of the Red Centre, Australian Egalitarianism and the Lifeblood of the Nation. The rules of vexillology are derived from heraldic tradition and it could be alright for an Australian Republic to break from heraldic tradition just a little . Most of the world's flags break these heraldic rules. Rules can sometimes be bent in a striking way that is still effective for 'a flag' and with the desired purpose of the flag as a representative national symbol. . Back to Contents 6.