Flag of the Netherlands within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was adopted on 13 June 1985. It resembles the War Flag of the Philippines. The pre-independence flag of Suriname consisted of five coloured stars (from top left clockwise: white, black, brown, yellow, and red) connected by an ellipse. The coloured stars represent the major ethnic groups that comprise the Surinamese population: the original Amerindians, the colonizing Europeans, the Africans brought in as slaves to work in plantations and the Indians, Javanese and Chinese who came as indentured workers to replace the Africans who escaped slavery and settled in the hinterland. The ellipse represents
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