Geometric design with background of blue, green and red triangle all intersecting just above center of flag with white, blue and yellow shapes at intersections

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Title Geometric design with background of blue, green and red triangle all intersecting just above center of flag with white, blue and yellow shapes at intersections
Design Feature Geometric
Publisher Utah Department of Cultural & Community Engagement
Date 2022-04-09
Spatial Coverage Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5549030/utah.html
Subject Flags; Utah; Vexillography
Description RED: The red rocks of southern Utah. It's at the bottom for that reason. WHITE: The snow capped peaks of Utah GREEN: The green of our mountains in spring. It is in the middle, like our state. It also represents the pioneers turning a desert green. BLUE: The blue skies of Utah. Also the wide open blue skies of Utah's future YELLOW: The rising sun for the future The bottom triangle represents the mountains of Utah. All the lines are designed to imply "motion" drawing attention to the center of the flag. The "motion" is both our past and future - The past for all of the Native Americans, pioneers, immigrants, and others who have been drawn to Utah for what it has to offer, and the future as together we go forward towards the rising sun. The rising sun is our bright future. Importantly, the general outline of the shapes in the middle form a U - for the Utes who were here when the pioneers arrived, and for the name Utah, which is obvious. The sun is rising over Utah - hence the yellow oval over the U shape in the middle.
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/s6qwt7tk
Alternate Name(s) 13439914724
Setname dha_mtaf
ID 2201211
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qwt7tk
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