Flag of the Qing dynasty he petitioned the imperial court for permission and subsequently altered the triangular naval flag into a rectangular one. Seeing Western countries flying national flags on official occasions, Li Hongzhang also asked Empress Dowager Cixi to select a national flag for the Qing dynasty. Among the proposals for use of the Ba gua flag, the Yellow dragon flag and the Qilin flag, Cixi selected the Yellow dragon design. In 1888, the imperial court promulgated the naval flag as the Qing national flag. The notion of yellow as representative of Manchu ethnicity was used in the flags of the Five-coloured flag of
Flag of the Second Spanish Republic however, was and is prone to variations in hue and fading from time and use, which often resulted in ""morado"" denoting a range of hues of purple, which presently are considered distinct colours/hues, e. g. crimson or maroon. Because it is rarely present on flags, in practice the "morado" of the lowest band of the Flag was coloured violet, purple (purpure), or even lilac, contingent on available materials and dyes. Spanish monarchists resented the "morado" of the new tricolored flag and a famous "soleá" was composed when the Flag began to be used. These verses also indirectly expressed dissatisfaction for