A blue field with a white zigzag pattern, forming two red triangles on the bottom. Within the blue on top, yellow circle is added near the center
Designed by
Margaret Overbeck
The flag of Denver is the official
flag of the
City and County of Denver in
Colorado. It was designed by a
North High School student, Margaret Overbeck, and adopted in 1926. A
zigzag white stripe horizontally separates a red field below from a blue
field above, in which is centered a yellow circle, together forming a stylized depiction of the
Sun in a blue sky above snow-capped mountains. The color yellow symbolizes gold in the state's hills, and red the colored earth to which the word colorado refers. The circle's centered position symbolizes Denver's central location within the state. The white zigzag symbolizes Colorado's
Native American heritage.[1]