Blue, white and red background that allude to blue sky with white mountains and red desert, in central red and blue ring is yellow and blue beehive

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Title Blue, white and red background that allude to blue sky with white mountains and red desert, in central red and blue ring is yellow and blue beehive
Design Feature Mountains; Beehive; Circle
Publisher Utah Department of Cultural & Community Engagement
Date 2022-03-13
Spatial Coverage Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5549030/utah.html
Subject Flags; Utah; Vexillography
Description At the center is a golden beehive, a symbol of Utah and reflection of the motto, 'Industry'. The bottom of the flag is the reddish hue of the Utah landscape inspired by one of our license plates and the Red Dirt Shirt. A blue stripe passes through the red and wends around the beehive in the middle, representing the Colorado River. Above the river the red field arches over the beehive representing Delicate Arch, a symbol of Utah. Behind the river, arch, and beehive, white mountains jut up into the sky. Altogether the Arch, River, Mountains, and Blue Sky represent the natural bounty of Utah, both tourism and resources. Functionally, the red and the blue needed the white to moderate them. I considered the beehive essential to any Utah flag and it didn't work well in white. Others hues of red and blue would also work and still be symbolically representative of course.
Collection Number and Name More Than A Flag: Utah State Flag Redesign
Type Image
Genre flags
Format image/jpeg
Rights
Rights Management Creator of flag design submitted and authorized More Than A Flag Initiative along with Utah Department of Cultural and Community Engagement to use their design and/or information related to their design in publications, advertising, including social media platforms. Consent was freely given as a public service without expectation of payment.
Scanning Technician Born digital
ARK ark:/87278/s6zy9266
Alternate Name(s) 13394930222
Setname dha_mtaf
ID 2200926
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zy9266