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In Smith 1975 you will find that Israel and Greece both use a fairly dark blue, though they are slightly different from each other. The Israeli blue is as dark as any of the Blue Ensigns shown in the book, and the Greek flag is of a very slightly lighter shade. They both stand in sharp contrast to the light blue of Argentina, Botswana, Fiji etc.
Nick Artimovich, 27 February 1996
The blue colour in Israel's flag is definitely dark. Some time ago I got a folder on national symbols from the Embassy of Israel in Washington. In the flag drawing the blue is dark, the text defines it as Yale Blue.
Jan Oskar Engene, 27 February 1996
The flag of Israel was a dark (navy) blue until the late 50's or early 60's at which time it was changed to a lighter blue.
Ronnie Kay, 27 February 1996
The flag of Israel is decidedly not any single shade of blue. It is based on a tallit, a religious article of clothing. The color of blue meant to be used on the tallit is not known and in fact everything from black to reddish purple is used to denote it with different religious and political connotations. The most common color (the light blue) comes from the fact that the tallit most people wear (including mine) is a light blue with the deliberate statement of "this is most probably not the right color". Many people, including me, would find black as acceptable as the current shade of blue. The reddish tones of purple could get you into an argument. For the State of Israel to make any definite proclamation beyond "blue" could incite violence (!) and questions as to what exactly what shade of the color it is are probably viewed with suspicion of "looking for a fight". There are enough people opposed to using blue at all, to begin with.
Jacob Faturechi, 21 October 1996
The 1948 Flag Proclamation describes the colour of two wide stripes as dark sky-blue (Tkhelet Ke'he, the same colour as specified for the civil ensign) but the Magen David as simply sky-blue (Tkhelet). However both are the same shade of blue.
Dov Gutterman, 23 August 2001
I have carried out a research on the origin of Israeli flags. The main conclusion is that all Israeli flags use the same shade of blue which is prescribed by law as 'dark azure' or 'dark sky-blue' (Tkhelet Ke'he — plain blue in Hebrew is Kahol). This includes all components —stripes, Magen David and background— of the national flag, the civil ensign, customs flag and the war ensign. Moreover, the rank flags use the same shade of blue for the Magen David and stripe