Spanish fess

In heraldry and vexillology, a Spanish fess is a term occasionally used to describe the central horizontal stripe of a tricolour or triband flag that is twice the width of the stripes on either side of it.

The name is based on the most well-known example of this style of flag, the flag of Spain, and in analogy to the equivalent term for vertically striped flags, the Canadian pale.

Looser definition

As with the Canadian pale, a looser definition of Spanish fess also exists, in which the central stripe is considerably larger than, but not necessarily twice the width of the two outer stripes.

Other flags featuring a Spanish fess include the national flags of Lebanon, Cambodia, Laos and Tajikistan, the restored flag of Libya, the flag of French Polynesia, the flag of Prussia, and the proposed national flag of Cyprus. Had the flag of Israel lacked the top and bottom white bands, it too would have featured a Spanish fess.

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1:2:1 proportions

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  Flag of Cambodia
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  Flag of Laos
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  Flag of Lebanon
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  Flag of Libya
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  Flag of French Polynesia
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  Flag of Asunción, Paraguay
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  Flag of Kalmykia, Russia (1992–1993)
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  Flag of Krasnodar Krai, Russia
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  Flag of Mari El, Russia (1992–2006)
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  Flag of Mordovia, Russia
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  Flag of Ryazan Oblast, Russia
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  Flag of Eisenach, Germany

Other proportions

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  Flag of Belize
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  Flag of Crimea
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  Flag of Lesotho
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  Proposed flag of Cyprus
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  Flag of New Orleans
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  Flag of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
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  Flag of Mauritania
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  Flag of Prussia
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  Flag of Tajikistan
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  Flag of Ingushetia, Russia
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  Flag of Mari El, Russia (2006–2011)
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  Flag of Guadalajara, Mexico (2021)

See also

• The flag of Colombia, with a ratio of 2:1:1, instead of 1:2:1
• The flag of Ecuador, with a ratio of 2:1:1, instead of 1:2:1
• The bisexual pride flag, with a ratio of 2:1:2, instead of 1:2:1

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