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The flag of the Department and City of Arequipa. The colour is discribed
as grenado, a light kind of red. This flag is surely the current one:
There was one hanging on an offical building at main square of Arequipa city
(Plaza de Armas). It was long time used, so it was teared up and, by
the strong sunlight in 2300 m altitude, lightend to orange. But I spoke
with several inhabitants and all said the right colour is grenado.
Jan-Patrick Fischer, 27 Mar 2001
I think the term "grenado" must be linked to the colour pomegranate,
or mineral garnet — both of which are a dark red to purple tone.
Rob Raeside, 08 Jun 2008
The English word "grenade" comed from a name of the fruit pomegranate
(originally pomme grenade). That may be a clue.
James Dignan, 09 Jun 2008
One must not trust too much in this kind of etymological connections, as
the color shade associated with a name may change with time. Examples abound:
Russian "goluboĭ" is not (any more) the color of dove
(golub) plumage but sky blue; Portuguese "roxo" means "purple"
while its cognates in other languages ("rojo", "roig",
"rosso", "rouge" a.s.o.) mean "red"; etc.
António Martins, 22 Jun 2008
About the flag of Arequipa, I can confirm that this color
(
) is the same colour as a flag, I photographed in a shop.
[Not dark.]
Jan-Patrick Fischer, 24 Oct 2003
Description of a color is very complicate. Accoding dates I received
the flag is intense red, and this is the color of the flower called
Mastuerzo (locally Taxao) that I dont know as is exactly.
I submited the pre 1992 and the post 1992 versions
and they were considered OK by at less two peruvian vexillologist. Then
I assume that the color is close to the correct one.
Jaume Ollé, 24 Oct 2003
The »red« flag is incorrect. I took a
picture in May 2008. Flags’ color is more purple then dark red.
The building is Parliament of Arequipa Province.
Andreas Herzfeld, 08 Jun 2008
Why should we trust better Andreas Herzfeld’s 2008 photo than
Jan-Patrick Fischer’s of 2003? Could we perhaps say that the background
color of the local flag varies a lot? I’m sure Andreas Herzfeld’s
report is accurate, but not more than previous reports attesting different
shades. Not to mention that, for several reasons, purple and (dark) red are not
seldom interchanged and confused, from Salamanca
to Chuvashia. Anyway,
this
here flag of Arequipa, held in parade by local sportsmen, looks terribly
red to me: a tad dark, perhaps, but surely not purple.
António Martins, 22 Jun 2008
The pre 1992 dark sour cherry or garnet flag.
Jaume Ollé, 24 Oct 2003
The coat of arms includes a flaglet waved by the crest eagle with white
upper case letters reading "Karlos".
Ant;ónio Martins, 13 Feb 2006
What represent the smaller red flags I don’t know. Nobody to
ask. For local people it is not interesting..
Andreas Herzfeld, 08 Jun 2008
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At Wikipedia,
a detailed image of the coat of arms includes a flaglet waved by the crest
eagle with white upper case letters reading "Karlos" on the middle stripe of a
rectangular horizontal stripped flag of red, yellow and blue, in approximate
proportions of 1+1+4+1+1.
António Martins, 13 Feb 2006
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I made a picture of a Arequipa flag in a shop, when I was there in 2001.
The Karlos flag isn’t swallow-tailed and the letters are yellow.
J. Patrick Fischer, 14 Feb 2006
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The images above show a version of the coat of arms which includes a
red swalowtail flaglet waved by the crest eagle with white upper case
letters reading "Karlos".
António Martins, 13 Feb 2006
