31.1.2022
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
L 20/203
(D) REGULATION COLOURS The emblem is in the following colours: PANTONE REFLEX BLUE for the surface of the rectangle; PANTONE YELLOW for the stars.
(E) FOUR-COLOUR PROCESS If the four-colour process is used, recreate the two standard colours by using the four colours of the four-colour process.
PANTONE YELLOW is obtained by using 100 % ‘Process Yellow’.
PANTONE REFLEX BLUE is obtained by mixing 100 % ‘Process Cyan’ and 80 % ‘Process Magenta’.
INTERNET PANTONE REFLEX BLUE corresponds in the web-palette colour RGB: 0/51/153 (hexadecimal: 003399) and PANTONE YELLOW corresponds in the web-palette colour RGB: 255/204/0 (hexadecimal: FFCC00).
MONOCHROME REPRODUCTION PROCESS Using black, outline the rectangle in black and print the stars in black on white.
Using blue (Reflex Blue), use 100 % with the stars reproduced in negative white.
REPRODUCTION ON A COLOURED BACKGROUND If there is no alternative to a coloured background, put a white border around the rectangle, the width of the border being 1/25th of the height of the rectangle.
The principles of the use of the emblem by third parties are set out in the Administrative agreement with the Council of Europe regarding the use of the European emblem by third parties (1).
(1) OJ C 271, 8.9.2012, p. 5.