tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post7424295327251217413..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: Vote for New Zealand's New FlagJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-49015221149644578072015-10-29T13:11:39.105-04:002015-10-29T13:11:39.105-04:00I find it odd that there aren't more colors re...I find it odd that there aren't more colors represented in the finalists. Red, white, blue, black. The most boring, most common, most cliché flag colors. Ahh, well.<br /><br />I think the designs that retain the Southern Cross are probably the most likely to get chosen, out of a sense of tradition among the chiefly European population. Personally I'd put my money on the fifth of this bunch because it's the least drab and keeps the stars, but in terms of actual design elements I like the third a little better for being something uniquely different from most flags.<br /><br />It reminds me somewhat of Japan's prefectural and city flags, which are chiefly bicolors with simple, attractive geometric designs which incorporate stylized elements depicting either local symbols of things like local plants, animals, geography, placenames, historic industries, et cetera.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com