What Colour Blue is the Scottish Flag?

[Big Boy]

I'm currently designing a shirt for a group in Scotland, and they've asked the collar and trims are Scottish Flag blue. They also want a Scottish flag on the arm.

Simple I thought, Mr. Google will know - wrong! Actually, Google says the Blue is Azure, but when you move on to Google Images, the flags displayed must have 50 shades of blue. The shade of blue I had inside my head is far darker than Azure.

Do we have ant Scotsmen or Brits out there who actually know what colour their flag should be? I'm a Brit and I'd have thought the blue in the Union Jack was much darker than Azure. Or is my perception of what Azure looks like wrong?

[Dannie Boy]

Doesn’t this provide the answer?

https://scottishflagtrust.com/the-scott ... one%20300U.


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[Big Boy]

Thank you, but unfortunately not.

In terms of colour, the blue field of the Saltire should be a bright azure in harmony with the legend, but not pale or weak. The Code states that the field of the flag should be blue and of a hue compatible with Pantone 300U.

Yes, it is quite specific, and that is one of the options I saw on Google, but either my laptop's colour contrast is wrong. or my eyes/braincells are lying to me. Pantone 300U is not a colour I would associate with either the Scottish flag nor the Union Jack.

I'm thinking Scottish football and rugby shirts as being the colour, which is in line with my perception of the colour of the flags. I'm finding Google to be a hinderance in this matter.

[Big Boy]

Shirt:

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Azure:

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[Big Boy]

Hmmmm...... looking at what I've just posted, the Scottish shirt does have a Scotland flag inside the collar using Pantone.

[STEVE G]

Here is a picture of the flag over Edinburgh Castle and it looks pretty much like the blue you have above:

[Big Boy]

Yes, that looks about Google correct, thank you. I've obviously been too influenced by sports shirts.

What about Union Jack blue? Is that not meant to be the same?

[STEVE G]

^It's darker for some reason, Royal Blue.

[Big Boy]

Just update, the person asking me to design the shirt wants the predominant colour the same blue as the rugy shirt. However, he too has been surprised at the variations in colour of the Scottish flag, and is currently thinking about it.

[2dandan]

The colour you are looking for is Pantone blue 300 according to the Flag Institute website.

https://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/flags/scotland-flag/