Talk:Flag of Latvia

Variant?
The box at the top displays a variant of the flag, but no context or any additional information is given. Is there any information on this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.123.198.232 (talk) 19:07, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

UK English spelling & grammar, please
Please maintain use of UK English spelling and grammar in this article. &mdash;QuicksilverT @ 10:38, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Why?
 * For consistency, see WP:ENGVAR Xil  (talk) 16:24, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Standard of the Speaker of the Saeima
Is the Standard of the Speaker of the Saeima identical to that of the Prime Minister? Camptown 12:51, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Adopted
In my opinion in the infobox should be "June 15, 1921" not "February 27, 1990" when it was "Restored". See Flag of Estonia, too.--Riharcc (talk) 05:54, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Suggested merge of Latvian SSR flag
Never a legal flag of Latvia, merger not supported. Same if proposed for Estonia and Lithuania. P ЄTЄRS J V ►TALK 02:05, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Carmine red not maroon
The article currently says that the flag is maroon and white; however the actual Latvian law (2009) says carmine-red and white. Latvijas valsts karogs ir karmīnsarkans ar baltu horizontālu svītru. Sarkans is the word for "red" in Latvian, while petarde is the word for "maroon". Can we fix this? --Bejnar (talk) 20:21, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * *rofl* Petarde is different kind of maroon. Both carmine and maroon are the same shade of red (neither of which match the color specification given in law) and the color of the flag is normally called red in Latvian, so it isn't really a big deal how you choose to call the shade Xil  (talk) 08:40, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * How did you decide that carmine and maroon were the same shade of red? There is no evidence of that in either article, nor on colour charts. And yes it does matter what color one calls the shade of red. --Bejnar (talk) 00:53, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I looked at articles on them and had to compare them in Photoshop side by side to be able to tell the difference - they both are deep shades of red and neither matches color specification for the flag, which is much more different. The flag is red and white, it hasn't been changed - they've just adjusted Pantone color specification in the new law, the previous law also specified the shade as carmine. In case you are going to insist that carmine is not a shade of red, because it says carmine in the law - the English translation of the law is not legally binding and in Latvian it says it is carmine red. Xil  (talk) 01:40, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I reread what I said before - I didn't mean to say that maroon and carmine are absolutely the same, but that they are so close that someone casually describing the color maroon is not very far off, one probably should write in the article it's carmine, but to imply that it is incorrect to call it maroon or red is an exaggeration Xil  (talk) 13:55, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

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Colors
@ImStevan I feel like the main file should be using the directly specified digital colors and the textile version should be included on the page in the same location as the digital flag presently is; basically just flip the two files. I can upload a File:Flag of Latvia (textile).svg but I don't think that that should be used as the main coloration. NorthTension (talk) 00:56, 3 May 2024 (UTC)


 * I disagree, the main one should be the one that is flown in real life, but you can argue that templates should use the digital one by default, which is a whole other conversation — IмSтevan  talk 10:27, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * the point of the digital color scheme is that its the one the government says should be used for print and computers so it should be taking priority. We can still just reupload the other color there's literally no reason not to but for the purpose of following explicitly stated standards I think we should just be using the digital colors. NorthTension (talk) 12:40, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * This should definitely be a wider discussion as it also concerns other flags, I encourage you to start it on the talk page of Wikipedia:WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology — IмSтevan  talk 10:41, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I mean it really doesn't, this as far as I know is the only flag using the print colors widely for a digital rendition, if this would concern other flags why did you unilaterally update it without any consensus? You cite the Latvian flag law in the description but that literally says "The 27 November 2018 amendment, which came into force 1 January 2019, states that non-fabric flags, as well as representations produced using other techniques (including digital representations), use Pantone 201 C", and as this is a digital recreation you didn't need to do that. NorthTension (talk) 19:30, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Can I change the colors back and do the other stuff I said? Like genuinely I have no idea why you did this in the first place. NorthTension (talk) 20:30, 5 May 2024 (UTC)