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image by Zoltan Horvath, 7 June 2024
According to the first of
these
three videos, made by PALS (Presentation Association for Life and Service)
of PBC, at 06:10, the flag was assigned on December 6, 1973, the same day as
the Coat of Arms. It was chosen by a Subcommittee of the
Grenada Independence Celebrations Committee. It was designed by artist Anthony
C. George (Source:
Wikipedia).
Esteban Rivera, 06 Apr 2011
There is a nutmeg in the hoist — nutmeg is a big crop there.
The seven stars stand for the seven parishes.
Roy Stilling and David Kendall, 01 Oct 1996
The nutmeg kernel is red rather than black.
Graham Bartram, 04 Nov 1998
The yellow star on a red disc stands for the Borough of St
George’s, Grenada’s capital, and the other six stars stand for
the remaining six parishes [St. Andrew, St. David, St. John,
St. Mark, St. Patrick, and the Grenadines]. In the official
interpretation, the red stands for courage and vitality, the
yellow for wisdom and warmth, and the green for vegetation and
agriculture.
Ivan Sache, 31 Jan 2000, quoting from
[rya97]
The Grenadines consist of two groups, the Northern and the Southern
Grenadines; the latter belong to Grenada, among which are Carriacou,
Petite Martinique, Diamond Island, Ronde Island, Les Tantes, Caille Island, London Bridge island, The Sisters, Green
Island, Bird Island. In
total there are c. 600 Grenadines. 34.5 sq. km. belong to Grenada; 45.3
sq. km. to St. Vincent.
(source: Fischer Weltalmanach 2000)
Jarig Bakker, 03 Feb 2000
The Government website has a page about national symbols with an illustration
of flag, but colors are not specified:
https://www.gov.gd/index.php/national-symbols
Embassy of Grenada in
Moscow had a page about flag with illustration, but without any color
specification:
https://www.grenadaembassy.ru/flag-grenada/
Almost the same content
can be found at page of Embassy to the US website:
http://www.grenadaembassyusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Significance-of-Flag-of-Grenada.pdf
Flagmakers has a pdf with Pantone color values:
https://flagmakers.co.uk/media/4k1gezzh/flag-of-grenada-a-brief-history-download.pdf
Zoltan Horvath, 7 June 2024
The protocol manual for the
London 2012 Olympics
(Flags and Anthems Manual
London 2012 [loc12]) provides recommendations
for national flag designs. Each
NOC
was sent an image of the flag, including the
PMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced
a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may
not be the official, government, version of each flag, they are certainly what
the NOC
believed the flag to be.
For Grenada: PMS 032 red, 109 yellow, 355 green. The vertical flag is simply the
horizontal version turned 90 degrees clockwise.
Ian Sumner, 10 October 2012
Other sources for colors:
The Flag Manual - Beijing 2008 gives Pantone
colors: PMS 109 (yellow), PMS 032 (red), and PMS 355 (green).
The Album
des Pavillons 2000 [pay00] gives approximate
colors in Pantone and CMYK systems:
Red: Pantone 186c, CMYK 0-90-80-5
Yellow: Pantone 116c, CMYK 0-15-95-0
Green: Pantone 341c, CMYK 100-0-65-35
The Album des Pavillons 2023 already specifies the colors of the flags in
three color systems.
Red: Pantone 186c, CMYK 14-100-79-4, RGB 200-16-46
Yellow: Pantone 116c, CMYK 0-21-93-0, RGB 255-204-0
Green: Pantone 341c, CMYK
87-28-74-14, RGB 0-120-86
Vexilla Mundi gives colors in Pantone
system: PMS 032C, PMS 355C (green), and PMS 109C (yellow).
Wikipedia doesn’t give any color
specification. (But illustrations have very similar colors to those of indicated
in French Navy Books.)
Flag Color Codes gives the following color values:
Red: Hex. # EF3340, RGB 239-51, 64, CMYK 0-90-76-0, Pantone 032, RAL 3024
Yellow: Hex. # FFD100, RGB 255-209-0, CMYK 0-5-100-0, Pantone 109, RAL 2007
Green: Hex. # 009739, RGB 0-151-57, CMYK 93-0-100-0, Pantone 355, RAL 6037
Zoltan Horvath, 7 June 2024
image by Graham Bertram and Željko Heimer, 18 Oct 2001
The Album 2000 [pay00] says 
3:5 and give these values.
Željko Heimer, 18 Oct 2001
Is the ratio (border width):(flag height) really different on each flag?
Santiago Dotor, 19 Oct 2001
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image
located by Zoltan Horvath, 7 June 2024
According to the first of
these
three videos, made by PALS (Presentation Association for Life and Service)
of PBC, at 01:50, the Coat of Arms was granted by [British] Royal Warrant, December 6,
1973. (Sources are mainly Wikipedia and FOTW.)
Esteban Rivera, 06 April 2011
"The National colours of Red, Gold and Green, which comprise the National
Flag, are used on the shield with the same symbolism attached to them.
The ship Santa Maria at the centre point of the shield and Gold Cross represent
Grenada’s sighting by Christopher Columbus, and our continuing link with
yachting and tourism.
The Gold Cross itself is significant of God
consciousness which underlines the national effort.
The Lion is the first
quarter of the shield, and repeated in the fourth, symbolises strength, and the
unswerving determination to face the challenges of nationhood with courage and
resourcefulness.
The Madonna Lily resting between the horns of the
Crescent, (inspired by Murillo’s famous painting of the Immaculate Conception)
indicates that Grenada has, since its sighting by Columbus, been dedicated to
Mary of the Immaculate Conception and in whose honour the island was named
Conception Island; the shield itself rests in a valley between two mountains,
representing the spectacularly picturesque topography of the islands.
The
Grand Etang Lake is also represented amid luxuriant green vegetation in the
foreground of which is placed a sprig of cocoa, with a ripe pod balanced by a
sprig of nutmeg also showing the ripe fruit. Growing from the vegetation on the
left side of the shield is a stalk of maize flowering and bearing three ears of
ripened cobs and on the right a banana tree bearing a full bunch. The fruits all
represent Grenada’s traditional link with an agricultural economy; the cradle of
their heritage.
The Helm is a royal helm, a gold helmet facing front and
having seven gold bars across the visor, the interior lined purple. A star
symbolic of our hopes, aspirations and ideals is placed to the forefront. The
crest is made up of seven roses, representative of the seven parishes and set
between the two sprays of bougainvillea, the national flower.
The
supporters are, on the left, a Tattoo or Armadillo and on the right, the Grenada
Dove, representative of the fauna on the islands.
Grenada’s motto, “Ever
conscious of God, we aspire, build and advance as one people”, is itself
sufficiently eloquent on the subject of those high ideals and principles upon
which the nation is founded.
The Coat-of-Arms or Seal, adopted at
Independence, replaced the one introduced in April 1903, with the Latin
motto:”Clarior e Tenebris”. The seal appears on all official documents generally
in black and white or, on more important occasions, in colour.”
Source:
https://www.gov.gd/index.php/national-symbols
Zoltan Horvath, 7 June 2024
image by Hemendra Bhola, 15 Jan 2011
According to
this site,
the central portion of the Royal Grenadian Police badge is exactly
the same as the colonial badge…
right down to the badge and web site having the same motto.
Paige Herring, 22 Nov 2003
According to [cos98], then in 1983
the People’s Revolutionary Air Wing was formed but was dissolved this
year following the American invasion. No markings were used. Since then
Grenada doesn't have an air force of any kind.
Dov Gutterman, 16 Jun 2004
red pierced black
image by Antonio Martins, 15 Aug 1999
red pennant
image by Antonio Martins, 15 Aug 1999
According to the WMO book [c9h07] (online), Grenada uses a signal flag set closely resembling US use:
To recall, US use (no longer official) is described
here.
Jan Mertens, 09 November 20078