Flag of Bulgaria

The flag of Bulgaria (, ) is a tricolour consisting of three equal-sized horizontal bands of (from top to bottom) white, green and red. The flag was first adopted after the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), when Bulgaria gained independence. The national flag at times was charged with the state emblem, especially during the People's Republic of Bulgaria. The current flag was re-established with the 1991 Constitution of Bulgaria and was confirmed in a 1998 law.
==History==
After the liberation of Bulgaria following the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, the flag was described in the Tarnovo Constitution of 1879 as follows:
From 1948 until 1990 the emblem of the People's Republic of Bulgaria was placed on the left side of the white stripe. It contained a lion within a wreath of wheat ears below a red five-pointed star and above a ribbon bearing the years 681, the year of the establishment of the First Bulgarian Empire by Asparukh, and 1944, the year when the Fatherland Front took power which led to the establishment of the People's Republic of Bulgaria.
Following the fall of communism in 1990, the new Constitution of Bulgaria, adopted in 1991, describes the Bulgarian flag as follows:
A popular version of the flag, which has no official status, is also commonly known. It has the full coat of arms on the left of the flag, placed across the white and green fields only.Unofficial flag, taken from 2013 Bulgaria Summer Protests, Darik News, 26 June 2013, and unofficial flag, taken from Protests in Bulgaria: the unnoticed uprising, TheConversation.com, 24 Jun 2013. Both retrieved 27 Jun 2013.
==Flag law==
According to the Law for the State Seal and National Flag of the Republic of Bulgaria, promulgated on April 24, 1998:
==Colours==
According to the Standardisation and Metrology Committee, the following are the required colours for use in the national flag:
Colours of the Bulgarian flag:bg:Национално знаме на България
Colour scheme 	White 	Green 	Red
Pantone textile scale	Whiteness greater than 80%	17-5936 ТСXhttps://www.pantone.com/color-finder/17-5936-TCX	18-1664 ТСXhttps://www.pantone.com/color-finder/18-1664-TCX
Pantone 	Safe 	RAL 6024 	RAL 3028
Web colours 	#FFFFFF 	#00966E 	#D62612
==Gallery==
==See also==
*Coat of arms of Bulgaria
*Shumi Maritsa
*Mila Rodino
*National Guards Unit of Bulgaria
==References==
==External links==
*Bulgarian Heraldry and Vexillology Society 
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*Law for the State Seal and the National Flag of the Republic of Bulgaria
*About Bulgarian national symbols
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Category:National symbols of Bulgaria