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change having the red stripe to be positioned above the blue stripe. The white triangle however, will
always stay the same on its normal orientation.
Design Layout
The Philippine flag is proportioned into 1:2, where 1 stands for the width (shorter side) and 2
stands for the length (longer side). So for example, if the width of the flag is 1.2 meters, the
corresponding length should be 2.4 meters, you can say 1.2 x 2.4 meters. The white triangle is
equilateral, having three sides equal and also the three angles are equal (all 60 deg.). Each side of
this triangle is proportionally equal to the width of the entire Philippine flag. Inside this triangle are
the symbols of the 3 stars and the sun. The shape of the star symbol is a pentagram, having 5 points
connected with a straight line and with an outer diameter of 11.11% of the flags width (W). These
are located in each corner of the triangle with the distance of 15.5% W from the corner towards the
center of the triangle. The stars are oriented in a manner that one of its points is pointing to the
nearest corner of the triangle. The last symbol is the eight-ray sun. This must be the most
complicated figure in the Philippine flag. It has a solid inner circle with a diameter of 20% W. Its eight
rays are spaced equally at 45 degrees from each other and spread out from the center solid circle up
to the diameter of 42.2% W. The entire symbol of the golden sun is exactly positioned in the center
of the white triangle of the Philippine flag.