What are the official colours of the US flag?
The official specification for federal procurements of US flags is set by the General Services Administration. It is DDD-F-416E, and it sets the color specifications by reference to the Standard Color Card of America. This is a color system designed for textile use– appropriate, since flags are made of cloth! The specifications are: red= Cable No. 70180 (Old Glory red) white= Cable No. 70001 (White) blue= Cable No. 70075 (Old Glory blue) Various sources give different Pantone equivalencies for these colors. The most plausibly authoritative are those provided on miscellaneous American Embassy websites, including American Embassy London. It gives the red as PMS 193 and the blue as PMS 282. On the other hand, Texas state law says the Texas state flag has the same colors as the US flag, and that they are red PMS193 and blue PMS281. It should be noted that flags produced other than for the executive branch of the government are not bound by any of this.
