June 30th, 2010 
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Official Brazil Flag
Yesterday, 7 September, Brazil celebrated the 186th Anniversary of its independence day. A tribute to the Brazilian culture, Belavista-Rio decided to briefly describe the origin, history, symbolism and pantone of the official flag of Brazil. The Flag of Brazil has a green field where a large yellow rhombus is centered. A blue circle is placed within a diamond, crossed with white stars of five different sizes and a curved white band. The motto “Ordem e Progresso (Order and Progress”) is written in capital letters (of the same shade of green as the field) within the band. It is one of the few national flags that are not generally blood-and-war, red or black in any part of their composition.
The modern flag was officially adopted on November 19, 1889. The concept was the work by Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, with the collaboration of Miguel Lemos, Manuel Pereira Reis. The design was carried out by D? O Vilares. The current national flag and ensign bears the same design with some minor changes.
The history of the Brazilian flag: After the proclamation of the First Republic, one of the leading personalities in the process, lawyer and recently appointed Minister for Finance and Taxation Ruy Barbosa, proposed a draft of the national flag, which was heavily inspired by the flag of the United States. This flag was used only for four days from November 15, 1889. See the picture of this version of the Brazilian flag on Belavista Rio Blog. On November 19, 1889, the “Father of the Republic” and an acting president, Field Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, a veto against the draft, claiming that there is too much of a copy of another country flag was. Fonseca, a royalist, his life and only led the coup that led to the proclamation of the Republic, because he sat down, the emperor’s actions threatened the stability of the country suggested, that should the new Republican flag of the imperial flag had been felt similarly. The decision was then made, only the royal coat of arms with a new design (eventually decided to be the blue globe with stars and the positivist motto) for replacement. The aim was to ensure continuity of to affirm national unity during the transition from a constitutional monarchy to the Republican model. Raimundo Teixeira Mendes’ design was submitted to the President Fonseca and promptly accepted.
Brazil’s current flag was inspired by the flag of the former Brazilian Empire . represented on the imperial flag, the green of the Imperial House of Braganza by Pedro I, first emperor of Brazil, and the yellow of the Hapsburg imperial house of Empress Leopoldina, Pedro I, the first woman. So the green and yellow colors of the families of the formation of the first imperial couple, founders of the Brazilian monarchy. The center of the old imperial city flag bearing the imperial arms. See the image of this version of the Brazilian flag in Rio Belavista blog.
On the modern republican flag represents the green background of the forests, the yellow rhombus stands for the natural resources, and the blue circle, the emblem of the original version flag, shows the sky over Rio de Janeiro on the morning of November 15, 1889 – the day the Republic of Brazil was declared . It is shown as outside of the celestial sphere (see means the view is mirrored).
The stars, whose positions in the flag reflect the sky above Rio de Janeiro on 15 November 1889, the Union shall member states – each star represents a particular state (which is not the case of the stars in the flag of the United States). The number of stars changes with the creation of new states and, since the early days of the Republic, has gone from a original 21 stars, which is currently being increased 27 stands for the 26 states and the Federal District.
The star that the Federal District is Sigma Octantis, a star whose position near the south celestial pole makes it visible over nearly the entire country, all year. In addition, given its polar position, all the other stars depicted on the flag trace appear to rotate around Sigma Octantis. The selection of these stars to represent Brazil’s capital, therefore particularly suitable (although a much weaker stars than any other).
The motto Ordem E Progresso (order and progress “) is inspired by Auguste Comte’s positivism motto:” L’amour pour l’ordre et Principe pour base; le progr? casting “, but (” Love as a principle and to the foundation; progress as the target). It was introduced because some of the people in the military coup d ‘? T involved, that the monarchy was overthrown and the Republic of Brazil was proclaimed supporters of the ideas of Comte’s thought.
Stars on the Brazilian flag: The flag of Brazil with 27 stars. The constellation of the Southern Cross to the meridian. In the south it is Polaris Australis (Sigma Octantis, numbered 7), representing the Federal District. This motto seems to be a band in about the same time as the ecliptic. A single star lies above the band, representing the large northern state of Para, which straddles the Equator.
Regarding the official pantone for the flag of Brazil, at official sites, there are a few that used Pantone and / or CMYK values for the “brand” of the Federal Government, through publications and Web sites that says that the colors will be on the same type as used in the national flag. These sources do not agree completely. Belavista-Rio then decided to follow the Presidency for the Pantone of the Brazilian flag:
Green: PMS 355 and CMYK 100-0-100-0
Yellow: Yellow and PMS CMYK 0-10-100-0
Blue: PMS 280 and CMYK 100-70-0-20
We hope our readers were a little from the to understand culture and history of Brazil. Please download the Official Brazil Flag image to your free will and shows the Brazilian flag in your office and at home!
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