File:Flag of Virginia.svg

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Description

English: Flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia, adopted in February 1950 and last modified in 2006.

Latina: Vexillum Virginiae, MCML.

Brezhoneg: Banniel stad Virginia

ᏣᎳᎩ: ᏩᏥᏂ ᎦᏓᏘ

Español: Bandera de Virginia

Français : Drapeau de la Virginie

Français cadien : Flag de la Virginie

Hawaiʻi: Ka hae Wilikinia

Diné bizaad: Bijíniyah Hahoodzo bidah naatʼaʼí

Deitsch: Faahne vun Wirschini

Polski: Flaga stanowa Wirginii

Русский: Флаг Виргинии

Српски / srpski: Zastava američke savezne države Virginie

Date

1986

Source

This file was derived from: Seal of Virginia.svg
Code of Virginia, Article 1. Symbols of Sovereignty.

§ 1-506. Flag of the Commonwealth.
The flag of the Commonwealth shall be a deep blue field, with a circular white centre of the same material. Upon this circle shall be painted or embroidered, to show on both sides alike, the coat of arms of the Commonwealth, as described in § 1-500 for the obverse of the great seal of the Commonwealth; and there may be a white fringe on the outer edge, furthest from the flagstaff. This shall be known and respected as the flag of the Commonwealth.

Author

LadyofHats with additional editing by 痛 and Patrickneil / Charles Keck

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Virginia state seal

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:57, 7 August 2025	512 × 341 (387 KB)	Patrickneil	Suggesting a more selective use of Pantone 287-C for shading. Also bringing filesize back down.
	03:25, 4 August 2025	512 × 341 (491 KB)	Illegitimate Barrister	made the scourge gray, as per specs. made shaded part of toga PMS287C per specs
	03:15, 4 August 2025	512 × 341 (491 KB)	Illegitimate Barrister	made blue balls green, as they're supposed to be the same color as the vine
	23:54, 2 August 2025	512 × 341 (398 KB)	Illegitimate Barrister	changed background color to PMS 280C per specs
	18:50, 18 January 2025	512 × 341 (394 KB)	Patrickneil	missed one bit
	20:39, 17 January 2025	512 × 341 (393 KB)	Patrickneil	Implementing Pantone colors from a 2006 PDF via Secretary of the Commonwealth
	02:58, 5 January 2025	512 × 341 (394 KB)	Patrickneil	yet more cleanup on leaves
	18:59, 4 January 2025	512 × 341 (397 KB)	Patrickneil	cleaning up anchor points, and some standardizing of the outline thickness
	23:29, 19 December 2024	512 × 341 (417 KB)	Patrickneil	working on the folds in her toga
	20:40, 11 December 2024	512 × 341 (504 KB)	Patrickneil	turning the Amazon's head slightly to her right