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Which flag do you like most?
Flag1
57%
 57%  [ 11 ]
Flag2
21%
 21%  [ 4 ]
Flag3
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Flag4
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Flag5
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Flag6
10%
 10%  [ 2 ]
Flag7
5%
 5%  [ 1 ]
Flag8
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Flag9
5%
 5%  [ 1 ]
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Mete
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:45 am    Post subject: Cyprus flags Reply with quote

Hi everyone,

I got some inspiration from the flag designs in the other section. So here's my attempt.

Flag1:

Flag2: --> This is Chris' design, I believe

Flag3:

Flag4:

Flag5:

Flag6:

Flag7:

Flag8:

Flag9:
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

red white and blue? dont enough contries have that already?!

ps nice work how did you get all these designs done?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Flag 5 looks strangely like that of Romania... Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like flag 1, it looks real decent. Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I liked the first one as well. But it might resemble Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus flag. I hope G.Cs do not see it in that way. 6th flag looks like the Dutch flag, and makes Cyprus one of the islands of Netherlands Antilles Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cannedmoose wrote:
Flag 5 looks strangely like that of Romania... Very Happy

Moldova also has a similar flag
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bg_turk wrote:
cannedmoose wrote:
Flag 5 looks strangely like that of Romania... Very Happy

Moldova also has a similar flag


For obvious reasons... Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 5:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Cyprus flags Reply with quote

[quote="Mete"]

Flag1:


Try inverting this flag. Eg. Swap the white with the orange
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What are the meanings behind the flags?

I liked chrisses one cos it was kind of original, but with roots from the old flag...but he also gave meaning to it.


If we are to agree on a flag...it should not be to just look nice...it needs to mean something...sensible!!

I like some of the ideas, but chris' is my first choice still.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I liked the first one as well. But it might resemble Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus flag. I hope G.Cs do not see it in that way. 6th flag looks like the Dutch flag, and makes Cyprus one of the islands of Netherlands Antilles


that would be the best thing that ever happened to cyprus
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shocked huh?
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi everyone,

I'm glad that this was interesting to some. I'd like to see designs from others as well.

magikthrill wrote:

red white and blue? dont enough contries have that already?!

You're right but what other colors can we use for a Cypriot flag? As Dhavlos said, I think it's important to have some meaning behind the flag. I used red and blue for obvious reasons. White for purity, green for peace and yellow for copper, and hence Cyprus. Anyone has any other "meaningful" colors they would like to see in a future Cypriot flag?
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ps nice work how did you get all these designs done?

I basically started with other country's flags and edited them in Paint. It's really easy once you get the hang of it. It took me about 30 mins to generate these flags. Besides I love flags anyway (but not in a nationalistic way, just the design).
cannedmoose wrote:

Flag 5 looks strangely like that of Romania... Very Happy

Indeed, it's a quick copy/paste to the Romanian/Moldovian flag Smile
garbitsch wrote:

6th flag looks like the Dutch flag, and makes Cyprus one of the islands of Netherlands Antilles

Actually, I hacked the Croatian flag for that one Smile I thought it was kind of cool. It has both red and blue and Cyprus in the middle, kind of embracing them both.
Crash Test Dummy wrote:

Try inverting this flag. Eg. Swap the white with the orange

There you go. Let's call this Flag10. It's pretty much the same as Flag2 but equal white stripes. Do people like this better?
Flag10:

Dhavlos wrote:

If we are to agree on a flag...it should not be to just look nice...it needs to mean something...sensible!!

I agree Dhavlos but I didn't really think too hard about the designs. I just wanted to get some designs going. I think if we agree on a flag design, it's easy to attach some meaning to it. It's true the other way around as well. You can start with a meaning and create a flag out of it but I think it's harder.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think flag 10 looks the nicest one. Don't you guys think so?
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

garbitsch wrote:
I think flag 10 looks the nicest one. Don't you guys think so?


yes, still the best idea, very close to Chris' design ... :-)

http://www.talkcyprus.org/viewtopic.php?t=521
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i agree w/ flag 10
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