American Flag Aspect Ratio

[Frog]

I was just setting up some American flag prints, and realized that most designs I have don't follow what I see is the "correct" ratio of 1:1.9. In other words, officially, the flag is to be almost twice as long(fly) as it is high (hoist).
Most in my collection are much less than this, "squarer" if you will. They, frankly, look better.
Of course, the official ratio is only for official flags, but what do you use for most decoration purposes?

[Sbrem]

I think 2 x 3 is the ratio we've used, but we created our stock ones over 25 years ago, so I forget, lol.

Steve

[Frog]

I think 2 x 3 is the ratio we've used, but we created our stock ones over 25 years ago, so I forget, lol.

Steve

Much more like most of mine. My current one actually works out to 2 x 3.3

[screenxpress]

I thought 3 x 5 was the ratio.  The majority of flags on Amazon are in that ratio.

[Frog]

I thought 3 x 5 was the ratio.  The majority of flags on Amazon are in that ratio.

Flags that are sold for personal use at home seem to be that size, and that pretty much follows the 2 : 3.3 (1 : 1.65) ratio.
As I said, it is apparently different for flags used for official purposes. "Official" is apparently the operative word here for the longer versions. Obviously not common.

[mooseman]

Have not tries this but the topic drew my attention to the GOLDEN RATIO  1: 1.618
here is some background associated with art images
https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=what+is+the+golden+ratio+in+art&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
mooseman

[Frog]

Have not tries this but the topic drew my attention to the GOLDEN RATIO  1: 1.618
here is some background associated with art images
https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=what+is+the+golden+ratio+in+art&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
mooseman

Yep, some things just visually work!

[bimmridder]

All things flag, including PMS colors


https://www.chamberofcommerce.org/usflag/flag.specs.html

[mooseman]

Excellent info thank you

[GKitson]

This has been my go to for flag questions for years., courtesy of the American Legion

https://www.legion.org/flag/code

[Sbrem]

Have not tries this but the topic drew my attention to the GOLDEN RATIO  1: 1.618
here is some background associated with art images
https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=what+is+the+golden+ratio+in+art&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
mooseman

Thanks for the link, it has me pretty confused, but if I go over it a few times it will start to sink in, like most things for me.

Steve