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. But I am willing to hope that you're not dense, but merely an ignorant person who desperately needs education on such matters.
You'll notice that the German flag sucks in any case. The colour-scheme is horrendous (though Belgium's is far worse), and the shape is terrible.
However, for all its flaws, the German flag is made in such a way that you can ignore yellow. Black and yellow are complete antitheses, and the German flag doesn't make the mistake of putting the two next to each other. Also, the German flag has the extra redeeming quality of putting yellow right next to red, and both colours, as you rightly point out, fit well together. As a result, the German flag makes its yellow forgettable, and people can concentrate on the less crappy parts of the flag.
That's sadly not the case for Belgium.
This is the point of the anarchistic flag. The anarchists' aim is to destroy the fabric of our society (in order to replace it with an anarchistic utopia), and this implies quite a bit of provocation against the bourgeois values of today's society. Obviously, they want their colours to be as strong and confrontational as possible, and I find it difficult to top the anarchistic flag in that regard.
I can understand that Belgium is willing to be more consensual than the anarchists. After all, Belgium stands for the interests of its ruling elite, and has to manage the potential discontent of the natives. However, to reach such an aim, Belgium should strive to have a soft flag, which corresponds to its obviously soft personality. Something like orange-yellow-light-green would quite correspond to Belgium's peacefulness. You could also have a lightblue-lightgreen-yellow theme
However the use of black completely destroys the image of Belgium as a harmless country, and it infuses a feeling of strength where none should exist.
The fact that black and yellow are next to each other, intead of showing balance as you think, just shows that Belgium doesn't know what it wants, between strength and softness. A more cynical interpretation would be that Belgium does know what it wants (strength), but is way too weak to afford it, and thus is forced to settle with softness.
There's contrast and contrast. Red and white fit well together. As do red and black. And black and white can fit well together, although it is not as obvious, and requires an adapted shape.
However, black and yellow is terrible at crating contrast. Just like black and blue. If you have ever looked at Estonia's flag, you'll see what I mean
. But I am willing to hope that you're not dense, but merely an ignorant person who desperately needs education on such matters.
Originally posted by Colonâ„¢
How you can believe Germany's flag is better than Belgium's, even ignoring the use of horizontal stripes, is beyond me. Germany's flag uses a strong-strong-soft scheme. The blatant asymmetry of this should be obvious even to a 5-year old.
How you can believe Germany's flag is better than Belgium's, even ignoring the use of horizontal stripes, is beyond me. Germany's flag uses a strong-strong-soft scheme. The blatant asymmetry of this should be obvious even to a 5-year old.
You'll notice that the German flag sucks in any case. The colour-scheme is horrendous (though Belgium's is far worse), and the shape is terrible.
However, for all its flaws, the German flag is made in such a way that you can ignore yellow. Black and yellow are complete antitheses, and the German flag doesn't make the mistake of putting the two next to each other. Also, the German flag has the extra redeeming quality of putting yellow right next to red, and both colours, as you rightly point out, fit well together. As a result, the German flag makes its yellow forgettable, and people can concentrate on the less crappy parts of the flag.
That's sadly not the case for Belgium.
The problem with the anarchistic flag, despite being so cool is exactly that is uses only 2 colours. While it may work with Japan's flag because of the contrast, it poses problems with the anarchistic flag because both red and black are strong, giving a harsh and aggressive air. This is a problem the Belgian does not have because it uses yellow as a kind, fresh colour between the black and the red.
This is the point of the anarchistic flag. The anarchists' aim is to destroy the fabric of our society (in order to replace it with an anarchistic utopia), and this implies quite a bit of provocation against the bourgeois values of today's society. Obviously, they want their colours to be as strong and confrontational as possible, and I find it difficult to top the anarchistic flag in that regard.
I can understand that Belgium is willing to be more consensual than the anarchists. After all, Belgium stands for the interests of its ruling elite, and has to manage the potential discontent of the natives. However, to reach such an aim, Belgium should strive to have a soft flag, which corresponds to its obviously soft personality. Something like orange-yellow-light-green would quite correspond to Belgium's peacefulness. You could also have a lightblue-lightgreen-yellow theme
However the use of black completely destroys the image of Belgium as a harmless country, and it infuses a feeling of strength where none should exist.
The fact that black and yellow are next to each other, intead of showing balance as you think, just shows that Belgium doesn't know what it wants, between strength and softness. A more cynical interpretation would be that Belgium does know what it wants (strength), but is way too weak to afford it, and thus is forced to settle with softness.
Yellow and red are very compatible, on the colour spectrum, they only have orange between them, which naturally is a blend of both. The fact they can be blended into orange also proves they're compatible. Black and yellow provide for strong contrast, like Japan's red and white.
There's contrast and contrast. Red and white fit well together. As do red and black. And black and white can fit well together, although it is not as obvious, and requires an adapted shape.
However, black and yellow is terrible at crating contrast. Just like black and blue. If you have ever looked at Estonia's flag, you'll see what I mean
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