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Proportions
2:3
Shape
Rectangular
Colors
#0D5EAF · Pantone 285 CBlue evokes Greece's sea and sky.
#FFFFFFWhite symbolises the purity of the independence struggle; the nine stripes echo the syllables of 'Freedom or Death'.
Symbols & elements
The white cross in the canton marks Greek Orthodoxy, the faith that held the nation together through Ottoman rule.
The nine blue and white stripes are usually read as the nine syllables of Eleutheria i Thanatos — freedom or death, the motto of the war of independence.
Construction details
Proportions 2:3. Nine horizontal stripes alternating blue and white (blue top and bottom), and a blue canton at the hoist bearing a white cross. The cross symbolises Orthodoxy; the nine stripes recall the nine syllables of 'Freedom or Death'.
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How the flag should be used and displayed with respect.
Specific rules — Greece
Common conventions
Its nine stripes are said to recall the nine syllables of the motto 'Freedom or Death'; another theory ties them to the nine Muses.
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