Spanish fess

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The flag of Spain, with a central stripe larger than the outer stripes.

In heraldry and vexillology, a Spanish fess is a term occasionally used to describe the central horizontal stripe of a tricolour or triband flag that is twice the width of the stripes on either side of it.[1]

The name is based on the most well-known example of this style of flag, the flag of Spain,[2] and in analogy to the equivalent term for vertically striped flags, the Canadian pale.

As with the Canadian pale, a looser definition of Spanish fess also exists, in which the central stripe is considerably larger than, but not necessarily twice the width of the two outer stripes.[citation needed]

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