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Colours of the flag (Sweden)

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[True Colour Flag of Sweden] by Edward Mooney, Jr.,

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Colours of the Flag

I have found a CMYK-color representation of the colors in the Swedish flag in the book Svenska Flaggan by Jan von Konow:
Blue: 10% Yellow, 50% Magenta, 100% Cyan
Yellow: 100% Yellow, 20% Magenta

When I used that settings in Corel PhotoPaint and translated them into RGB colors it went:
Blue: 0,127,229
Yellow: 255,204,0
Erik Göthe, 2 December 1997


Sweden's PMS matches recommended by the National Archives:
-Blue: 301C or U
-Yellow: 116C or 109U
Jan Oskar Engene, 1998


In the Act on the Swedish Flag of 1982, the colours are stated to be "ljust mellanblå" (light middleblue) and "guldgult" (golden yellow). The above stated CMYK-colours are recommendations.
Elias Granqvist, 13 August 1999

In the Act (1982:269) on the Flag of Sweden, the colours are specified to be "ljust mellanblå" (light middleblue) and "guldgult" (golden yellow). This does not give that much guidance, but the colours are specified further in Ordinance (1983:826) with Guidelines for the Colour Shades in the Flag of Sweden.

I quote this ordinance fully here. I suppose, that even if you can't read Swedish, you will be able to see how the shades are specified:

Förordning (1983:826) med riktlinjer för färgnyanserna i Sveriges flagga