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official specification for federal procurements of US flags is
set by the General Services Administration. It is DDD-F-416E,
and it sets the color specifications by reference to the
Standard Color Card of America. This is a color system designed
for textile use-- appropriate, since flags are made of cloth!
The specifications are: red= Cable No. 70180 (Old Glory
red)Various sources give different Pantone equivalencies for
these colors. The most plausibly authoritative are those
provided on miscellaneous American Embassy websites, including
American Embassy London. It gives the red as PMS 193 and the
blue as PMS 282. On the other hand, Texas state law says the
Texas state flag has the same colors as the US flag, and that
they are red PMS193 and blue PMS281. It should be noted that
flags produced other than for the executive branch of the g