<Tr> <Th> Proportion </Th> <Td> 1: 2 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> As above, with the blue and red stripes switched to indicate a state of war . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Designed by </Th> <Td> Executive Order No. 321 of Elpidio Quirino and Executive Order No. 23 of Manuel L. Quezon in 1936 </Td> </Tr> <P> The National Flag of the Philippines (Filipino: Pambansang Watawat ng Pilipinas) is a horizontal flag bicolor with equal bands of royal blue and scarlet, and with a white, equilateral triangle at the hoist . In the center of the triangle is a golden - yellow sun with eight primary rays, each representing a Philippine province . At each vertex of the triangle is a five - pointed, golden - yellow star, each of which representing one of the country's three main island groups--Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the central star originally referred to Panay . </P>

History of the national flag of the philippines