Flag of Serbia
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| Use | National flag and state ensign |
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 2004 (original version) 2010 (current version used) |
| Design | A horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white; charged with the lesser Coat of arms left of center |
Variant flag
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| Use | Civil flag and ensign |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 2004 |
| Design | Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white |
The flag of Serbia is a tricolor consisting of three equal horizontal bands, red on the top, blue in the middle and white on the bottom. The same tricolor, in altering variations, has been used since the 19th century as the flag of the state of Serbia and the Serbian nation. The current form of the flag was officially adopted on 11 November 2010.
The state flag bears the lesser coat of arms, centered vertically and shifted to the hoist side by one-seventh of the flag's length. The flag ratio is 2 to 3 (height/width), with three equal horizontal bands of red, blue and white, each taking one third of the height. Recommended colors are:
^α Only used on the greater arms ermine mantling, as seen on the presidential standards.
The son of King Stefan Vladislav (r. 1233–43), župan Desa, sent delegates from Kotor to Ragusa (Dubrovnik) to bring back part of the king's treasury held at Ragusa, which they did on 3 July 1281; the inventory list included, among other things, "a flag of red and blue color". It is described as vexillum unum de zendato rubeo et blavo—"a flag of fabric red and blue"; zendato (sr. čenda) being a type of light, silky fabric. This is the oldest known attestation of colours of a Serbian flag; the oldest known Serbian flag was red and blue.
Flag of Vladislav I (r. 1233–43), as described in 1281
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