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Sisak
11-30-2012, 12:38 AM
http://i50.tinypic.com/2vua5pe.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Croatia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Croatia

Personally i think our flag is very beautiful.

"It is none other than the Vučedol culture that in terms of diverse
and richly decorated checkerboard motifs stands above all other
cultures", wrote Schmidt in 1945. In the research presented in the
article: "The origin of the Pythagorean proposition in the Vučedol
culture in Croatia" (Jurić et al., 2000) it has been determined that
the Vučedol culture, lasting from cca 3000 to 2200 BC, was
aware of the system of numbers 3, 4 and 5 and thus perceived
the method of drawing geometric presentations whose lengths of
sides related to one another as whole numbers, presenting the
basis of what was later defined as the Pythagorean proposition.
In this work the authors have explored the relations among the
presentations of different combinations of squares and quadrangles,
called "checkerboards" with systems of numbers 3, 4, 5
as well as 5, 12, 13, and 7, 24 and 25. It has been presupposed
that the Vučedol culture checkerboards were used for presentations
of various mathematical calculations. Out of the numerous
differing presentations of checkerboards, the checkerboard
with 72 fields numerically containing 12 triangles of the 3,
4, 5 system was specially analysed. Also, a hypothesis was put
forward stating that such a checkerboard could have been used
in time calculations, thus revealing that members of the Vučedol
culture were acquainted with a calendar, according to which the
new year started after the winter solstice.

Aura
11-30-2012, 12:42 AM
I like it.. what does it symbolize?

Damiăo de Góis
11-30-2012, 12:55 AM
The flag is normal and like some other tricolor ones so i'll comment on the shield. From an aesthetic point of view i don't like it that much because i think the contrast doesn't look good (i'm also not a fan of the similar racing flag):

http://www.featurepics.com/FI/Thumb300/20070520/Croatian-Shield-323458.jpg

I find my own flag ugly, so don't take my words in the wrong way.

MagnaLaurentia
11-30-2012, 10:22 AM
Personally, I do not really like this flag. There are too many flags with the pan-slavic colors (blue, white and red) but I really like the red checkerboard. I think the red checkerboard symbol is more powerful than the pan-Slavic for Croatia.

Methmatician
11-30-2012, 10:45 AM
I like it.

dralos
11-30-2012, 10:46 AM
i hate those colours but i like the symbole in the middle

Insuperable
11-30-2012, 10:47 AM
I do not like it. The simpler flag, the better it is. The central part (the symbol in the middle of it) has to be replaced only with the checkerboard without anything else like crown.

Mraz
11-30-2012, 10:49 AM
Would be better without the "crown" IMO.

Lena
11-30-2012, 10:51 AM
It's not about the coat of arms, nor 'crown' as some say, but the light blue colour which clashes with other ones, and brings disbalance.

Archduke
11-30-2012, 11:00 AM
The checkerboard symbol is very impressive.

I like it.

TheMagnificent
11-30-2012, 11:03 AM
As resident of Noord-Brabant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Brabant) I have a certain sympathy for red and white checkerboards (:D), but as was said by others, the colors behind the coat of arms could have been of a darker tone, like that of the flag of the Netherlands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg) for instance.

Sisak
12-06-2012, 12:17 PM
I asked this question because I have never heard of other people opinion.

Mans not hot
12-06-2012, 12:19 PM
What is there not to like?

RoadWarrior
12-06-2012, 12:24 PM
Checkerboard to begin with white field.

Sisak
12-06-2012, 12:27 PM
Checkerboard to begin with white field.

whay you do not like it?

RoadWarrior
12-06-2012, 12:29 PM
I like it,but it should begin with white field.

Blackout
12-06-2012, 05:32 PM
It's a nice flag!

The 'checkerboard' pattern reminds me of this pet food company though :

http://bicharada.net/animais/fotos/6915.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Lg_checker.svg/160px-Lg_checker.svg.png

Maybe Purina Mills, is owned by someone of Croatian descent! :cool:

Anusiya
12-06-2012, 05:46 PM
Nice, but a bit...loaded?

Englisc
12-06-2012, 05:53 PM
It's... okay.

Ballist
01-08-2015, 12:03 AM
I like it, but I wish it had yellow to symbolize Illyrian past. with blue around it to symbolize the Croats are now Slavs.

Duke
01-08-2015, 12:08 AM
I like it, but I wish it had yellow to symbolize Illyrian past. with blue around it to symbolize the Croats are now Slavs.

Illyrian crest
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Coa_Croatia_Country_Illyria_History.svg/2000px-Coa_Croatia_Country_Illyria_History.svg.png

And it exist our our crest as well
http://images.yuku.com.s3.amazonaws.com/image/png/4cc364d14dcbc5ef77e9fa83a00a4a0cca4315c3.png

SupaThug
01-08-2015, 12:10 AM
I think it's a beautiful flag.

Ballist
01-08-2015, 12:10 AM
Illyrian crest
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Coa_Croatia_Country_Illyria_History.svg/2000px-Coa_Croatia_Country_Illyria_History.svg.png

And it exist our our crest as well
http://images.yuku.com.s3.amazonaws.com/image/png/4cc364d14dcbc5ef77e9fa83a00a4a0cca4315c3.png

Oh, wow. I didn't even notice that. Maybe that was one of the regions that has the most Illyrian influence.

Shepherd
01-08-2015, 12:12 AM
its cool

I especially love the checkerboard!

Duke
01-08-2015, 12:12 AM
Oh, wow. I didn't even notice that. Maybe that was one of the regions that has the most Illyrian influence.

it represents our Capitol, Zagreb, that is Zagreb uses Illyrian crest, Central Croatia

Second one is Dubrovnik republic, 3rd Dalmatia, 4th Istria, and 5th Slavonia

Jana
01-09-2015, 08:39 AM
The flag is normal and like some other tricolor ones so i'll comment on the shield. From an aesthetic point of view i don't like it that much because i think the contrast doesn't look good (i'm also not a fan of the similar racing flag):

http://www.featurepics.com/FI/Thumb300/20070520/Croatian-Shield-323458.jpg

I find my own flag ugly, so don't take my words in the wrong way.

This looks nice! I prefer our coat of arms over the flag and the crown shold be taken away ;). But it's still a good flag.

PS I like the colors of Portugese flag