<P> Popular belief attributes the colors to those of the sky, clouds and the sun; some anthems to the flag like "Aurora" or "Salute to the flag" state so as well . However, historians usually disregard this idea, and attribute them to loyalty towards the House of Bourbon . </P> <P> After the May Revolution, the first times of the Argentine War of Independence, the Triumvirate claimed to be acting on behalf of the Spanish King Ferdinand VII, who was prisoner of Napoleon Bonaparte during the Peninsular War . Whether such loyalty was real or a trick to conceal independentism is a topic of dispute . The creation of a new flag with those colors would have been then a way to denote autonomy, while keeping the relations with the captive king alive . </P> <P> From 1978, the flag's official proportions are 9: 14, and its official size is 0.9 by 1.4 meters . It features three stripes alternating sky blue, white and sky blue . Each stripe is 30 centimeters high . In the center stripe there is an emblem known as the Sun of May (Spanish: Sol de Mayo), a golden sun . Historian Diego Abad de Santillán claimed that the Sun of May was a representation of the Inca sun god Inti . </P> <P> Flags with proportions of 1: 2 and 2: 3 are also in use . </P>

What does the sun in the argentina flag mean