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- From: jfurr@nyx.cs.du.edu (JKF)
- Subject: Re: Colors of Olympic Rings
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.042230.10674@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 04:22:30 GMT
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- In article <92360.194140MIWHC@CUNYVM.BITNET> MIWHC@CUNYVM.BITNET writes:
- >The colors used in the Olympic Rings were chosen because they represent
- >all of the colors of every flag in the world. So says my old boss.
-
- Not *all* of the colors. The five colors (black, red, yellow, green, and
- blue) are found in every nation's flag. At least one of the five colors
- appears in every nation's flag. That was the original intent, at least.
- So far, I don't think anyone's come out with a nice puce-colored flag to
- mess things up.
-