File:Flag of Switzerland.svg

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Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pantone shade of 485
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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	01:26, 16 October 2019	512 × 512 (213 bytes)	Perhelion	Fulfilling edit request by Tmarki. Thanks for helping! // Editing SVG source code using c:User:Rillke/SVGedit.js
	08:00, 19 June 2010	1,000 × 1,000 (281 bytes)	Zscout370	Increase basic size, use viewbox.
	20:26, 23 February 2010	320 × 320 (277 bytes)	Zscout370	Reverted to version as of 20:33, 15 February 2010 (File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg uploaded, so users can pick)
	05:20, 16 February 2010	320 × 320 (280 bytes)	Reisio	we don't work for the swiss government / aren't we trying to represent _real_ flags?
	20:33, 15 February 2010	320 × 320 (277 bytes)	Zscout370	I received another copy of the Swiss Government design manual; they stated for online use, the arms and flag must be #ff0000.
	22:19, 30 November 2009	320 × 320 (280 bytes)	Zscout370	At a conference I went to, I was handed Swiss Army Regulation 51.340 D, about Swiss military flags. A construction sheet was provided and, while we had the cross sizes correct, it was loo large in accordance with the flag size. The cross is 20x20 on a fla
	21:11, 10 August 2009	300 × 300 (280 bytes)	Zscout370	Reduce code
	16:52, 20 April 2009	300 × 300 (551 bytes)	Wright.one	2nd correction
	16:45, 20 April 2009	300 × 300 (550 bytes)	Wright.one	corrected code
	16:42, 20 April 2009	300 × 300 (554 bytes)	Wright.one	Fixed "No Character encoding declared at document level"
	06:36, 25 November 2008	300 × 300 (533 bytes)	Fibonacci	Simplified code.
	15:18, 16 September 2007	300 × 300 (576 bytes)	AnonMoos	trying to get image to display at all pixel sizes
	20:41, 29 March 2006	300 × 300 (527 bytes)	Marc Mongenet	Correct 5:7:6:7:5 ratio for cross, same colors
	04:33, 29 March 2006	250 × 250 (592 bytes)	Reisio	Reverted to earlier revision
	01:08, 23 March 2006	600 × 600 (378 bytes)	-xfi-	recode
	05:24, 21 March 2006	600 × 600 (400 bytes)	-xfi-	"…arms of equal length are a sixth longer than their width…", not 6:5 but 7:6! dimensions set to 600×600, same colors, less bytes
	19:38, 1 February 2006	250 × 250 (592 bytes)	Reisio	switch to Pantone corresponder, as per talk
	05:59, 30 January 2006	250 × 250 (592 bytes)	Zscout370	Following instruction of colors used at http://www.cdbund.admin.ch/downloads/CD_Bund_Handbuch_1.pdf
	13:34, 20 December 2005	250 × 250 (588 bytes)	Reisio	cleanup s'more, add some info
	23:23, 17 December 2005	250 × 250 (471 bytes)	Reisio	cleanup markup (don't seem to grasp the concept of cloning yet, s'pose I should look it up)
	07:18, 16 December 2005	250 × 250 (2 KB)	Zscout370	I cloned the cross, no other changes.
	12:00, 2 December 2005	250 × 250 (3 KB)	Reisio	rv - please read: http://www.eda.admin.ch/tokyo_emb/e/home/polsys.html http://flagspot.net/flags/ch.html http://www.swissworld.org/eng/swissworld.html?siteSect=602&sid=5091030&rubricId=14020
	11:56, 2 December 2005	600 × 600 (913 bytes)	E Pluribus Anthony~commonswiki	Reverted to earlier revision
	11:55, 2 December 2005	250 × 250 (3 KB)	Reisio	it doesn't, and it's clear you haven't researched this at all
	11:47, 2 December 2005	600 × 600 (913 bytes)	E Pluribus Anthony~commonswiki	Reverted to earlier revision
	11:31, 2 December 2005	250 × 250 (3 KB)	Reisio	rv to previous version with proper cross dimensions
	10:49, 2 December 2005	600 × 600 (913 bytes)	E Pluribus Anthony~commonswiki	Flag of Switzerland
	00:06, 2 December 2005	250 × 250 (3 KB)	Reisio	brighter red
	01:32, 15 October 2005	300 × 300 (1 KB)	Zscout370	http://www.firmenfahnen.ch/_fahnen/schweizerfahne/schweizerfahne.htm also said Pantone 485 and 1805
	00:10, 15 October 2005	300 × 300 (1 KB)	Zscout370	The Swiss Consul in Los Angeles, California sent me a package containing information about the flag. While they have not said anything about the color shades, I am going use R 246, G 0, B 39.
	01:45, 12 October 2005	300 × 300 (1 KB)	Zscout370	I received an email from the Swiss Consul in Los Angeles, California, about how to make the flag. The said to make a 25x25 unit sqaure, make the white center sqaure 5x5 units, and each arm 5x6 units. I have fixed the flag according to this description. Do
	23:50, 9 October 2005	300 × 300 (3 KB)	Zscout370	The The national flag of Switzerland. I used http://www.vexilla-mundi.com/switserland.htm as my construction sheet and the red I used was Pantone 485. Category:SVG flags