"The simple pattern of Colorado's state flag—a red letter C surrounding a gold disk on blue and white stripes—yields a variety of interpretations. The capital letter stands not only for Colorado but also for its nicknames, the Columbine State (the columbine is the state flower) and the Centennial State (Colorado joined the Union in 1876, the United States centennial year). Blue, gold, and white are the colors of the columbine, and red recalls the name of the state, which means ""red"" in Spanish. Red, white, and blue are also the national colors. Finally, the law specifies that the flag have a tassel of gold and silver attached to it; these colors symbolize the mining of precious metals in Colorado. The flag was adopted in 1911 and revised in 1929 and 1964."
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