Phoenix

The flag of the city of Phoenix, Arizona, consists of a purple background with the Phoenix city logo, a stylized phoenix bird, in white, in the center of the flag.
==Symbolism==
The phoenix, from which the city derives it name, is the mythological bird that was consumed in flames and rose from the ashes. The flames are suggested in the central figure by the appearance of ruffled feathers. In ancient Greek, phoenix meant “purple,” and thus also suggests the color of the flag’s field.
== 2004 NAVA survey ==
In 2004, the North American Vexillological Association conducted The American City Flag Survey, in where Phoenix’s flag ranked 4th out of 150 flags, behind Denver, and above St. Louis.
== First flag (1921-1990) ==
The flag is a purple background, with a dark gray phoenix with its wings spread out, and is rising from flames, behind a yellow sun. On the bottom is a yellow-outlined white scroll saying the full name of city in yellow. It was designed by Frederick C. Green Sr, and adopted in 1921, following a city flag design contest sponsored by the city's chamber of commerce.
==Flag Colors==
Color	Color Name 	HEX 	Color of
 	Imperial Purple	#660033	The background
 	White 	#ffffff	The phoenix
== Trivia ==
* The city logo was placed on a flag in 1990, and it soon became the official flag of the city.
==References==
Category:Arizona
Category:Purple background
Category:White
Category:Birds
Category:Phoenixes
Category:Proportions 5-9
Category:United States Cities
Category:Capital Cities
Category:2004 NAVA City Flag Survey