{"id":11,"date":"2017-09-18T11:24:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T17:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flagofmexico.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2017-09-18T11:24:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T17:24:52","slug":"mexican-flag-colors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.banderademexico.net\/en\/mexican-flag-colors","title":{"rendered":"Mexican flag colors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is interesting to know the colors of the Mexican flag and what is its meaning, since in reality even though we can see them and they normally have a meaning that the inhabitants of the country and the whole world must know in depth.<\/p><div class=\"baccf852d9bad48bec75a289b904f23d\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: none; margin:20px 0 20px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- enlaresp -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8806496717135445\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1633995272\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"baccf852d9bad48bec75a289b904f23d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:20px 0 20px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n<style>\r\n.arribaresp { width: 300px; height: 250px; }\r\n@media(min-width: 350px) { .arribaresp { width: 336px; height: 280px; } }\r\n<\/style>\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- arribaresp -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle arribaresp\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8806496717135445\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7831943522\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/center>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"baccf852d9bad48bec75a289b904f23d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:20px 0 20px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- medioresp -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8806496717135445\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1171128726\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/center>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The meaning of the colors has changed over time, but was adopted by Mexico during the war of Independence. The current flag was officially adopted in 1968, but the overall design has been used since 1821 when the First National Flag was created.<\/p>\n<p>Well, the first thing that we need to know is that although the current flag was adopted in 1968, the colors of the Mexican flag are the same since the year of 1821 and in all this time have not changed at all. The colors that comprise it are green, white and red in three vertical stripes of the same size in a parallelogram.<\/p>\n<h2>Colors of the flag of Mexico<\/h2>\n<p>Those colors that we know and that define the flag, in the beginning, represented a very different context from the present one, but we must also know him as part of the national history and we must recognize that there was an event that influenced the interpretation of the same, and that event was the independence of Mexico from Spain in 1821.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12\" src=\"http:\/\/www.banderademexico.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mexican-flag-colors.jpg\" alt=\"Mexican flag colors\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.banderademexico.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mexican-flag-colors.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.banderademexico.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mexican-flag-colors-120x90.jpg 120w, http:\/\/www.banderademexico.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mexican-flag-colors-181x136.jpg 181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Meaning of the colors of the flag of Mexico before 1821<\/h2>\n<p>This is what they meant the colors before Mexico was an independent nation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Green<\/strong><\/span>: it symbolized the independence of the Spanish crown.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><strong>White<\/strong><\/span>: This color was intended or represented to the catholic faith.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Red<\/strong><\/span>: This color was the union that existed between Europe and America.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Meaning of the colors of the flag of Mexico after 1821<\/h2>\n<p>With time and as the country was consolidated as a nation and put aside the religious influence in the affairs of the state, the colors of the flag took on new meanings that are now recognized as representative of this national symbol. These are the meanings that they have today and that is important for us to know<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Green<\/strong><\/span>: This color represents the hope of the nation to build a better country, in which the ideals are met.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><strong>White<\/strong><\/span>: Signifies unity of the people which must exist for there to be progress of the entire nation. It also means purity.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Red<\/strong><\/span>: representing the blood poured by the heroes who made it possible that the homeland was free. 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