Oklahoma § 25-91 - State flag - Design

§ 25-91. State flag - Design

A. The banner, or flag, of the design prescribed by Senate

Concurrent Resolution No. 25, Third Legislature of the State of

Oklahoma shall be, and it hereby is superseded and replaced by the

following design, to wit:

A sky blue field with a circular rawhide shield of an American

Indian Warrior, decorated with six painted crosses on the face

thereof, the lower half of the shield to be fringed with seven

pendant eagle feathers and superimposed upon the face of the shield

a calumet or peace pipe, crossed at right angles by an olive branch,

as illustrated by the design accompanying this resolution, and

underneath said shield or design in white letters shall be placed

the word "Oklahoma", and the same is hereby adopted as the official

flag and banner of the State of Oklahoma.

B. The standard design and colors in the state flag shall be as

follows:

1. The Osage Indian warrior’s circular rawhide shield of amber

buckskin is center upon a field of French Blue. On the face of the

shield shall be six small gold brown crosses that match the thongs

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions

lacing the edge of the shield. The vertical bar of each cross shall

be twenty-five percent (25%) longer than the horizontal bar, the

lower width line of which shall be placed at the fifty percent (50%)

mark of the vertical bar and the top width line shall be placed at

the top twenty-five percent (25%) mark of the vertical bar. The

width of the horizontal bar shall be seventy-five percent (75%) of

the vertical bar;

2. The edge of the lower half of the shield shall be fringed

with seven pendant eagle feathers of white tipped with gold brown;

3. Across the face of the shield at right angle shall be a

calumet or Indian pipe of peace, which shall have a ruby red bowl,

flesh stem and be decorated with a ruby red tassel at the end.

Above the calumet, lying at a right angle shall be an olive branch

of Dartmouth green; and

4. The name Oklahoma in white letters shall appear under the

shield on the face of the flag.

C. The standard colors used in production of the state flag

shall be:

1. Pantone Matching System, Pantone Inc., latest edition:

a.

field: French Blue PMS 285c,

b.

shield: amber PMS 465c,

c.

feathers shading: flesh and gold brown combination

PMS 486c and PMS 174c,

d.

crosses and thongs: gold brown PMS 174c, and

e.

calumet: stem of pipe flesh PMS 486c, body of pipe

and tassel ruby red PMS 195c, and olive branch

Dartmouth green PMS 554c; and

2. Colors shall be colorfast and shall not bleed one into

another.

Added by Laws 1925, c. 234, p. 340, § 1. Amended by Laws 1941, p.

90, § 1; Laws 2006, c. 181, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.