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The article uses the USA flag as an example of how to precisely specify a flag, but the USA is one of the countries which does NOT define its flag in any precise manner, to the point that different US agencies use different flags (Most noticeably varying in color).

https://youtu.be/BRNrrj03akw ("This is the American Flag." by Tapakapa)

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I don't know if you were trying to use it as a source for your claim, but the video you linked does describe and link to the exact textile color specification from the US government.

http://everyspec.com/FED_SPECS/F/DDD-F-416F_49205/

I'm not a vexillologist, just watched the video, so idk.

For textiles, but not print or computer screens. Also, it is a GSA guideline for use by US government agencies themselves only (along with quality standards when the federal government purchases things from private vendors such as chocolate [1], but it does not define what can be sold as chocolate and what not, the FDA would define that [2]).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Specification_for_Cand...

[2] https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidan...

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