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==Colouration==
==Colouration==


As a pattern the emblem can be reduced to a simple contrast between a darker hue and a brighter one. The canonical colour scheme involves three shades: a purple for the darker parts representing the sky and the sea as well as the mountains, a yellow for the sun and the bright halves of the compass rose, and an orange for the remaining brighter parts representing the sunlight.
As a pattern the emblem can be reduced to a simple contrast between a darker hue (''ayya'') and a brighter one (''oada''). The canonical colour scheme involves three shades: a purple for the darker parts representing the sky and the sea as well as the mountains, a yellow for the sun and the bright halves of the compass rose, and an orange for the remaining brighter parts representing the sunlight.

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Onnawasta (Ash: oadna-oasda, lit. "sunrise-sunset", IPA [ˈʔɔ̯ɑʔ.ᵈn̠ɐˌwɔ̯ɑs̠.t̠ɐ]) is the emblem of Appa, a coastal town.

Significance

The emblem simultaneously depicts the rising sun (oadna) coming up from behind the two mountains (represented by the pair of darker black triangles in the upper half) that Appa lies in front of, as well the setting sun (oasda) on the ocean horizon. The passage of the sun between these two points is itself seen as a representation of the migratory history of the founders of the town, originally dwelling on the peaks. The four-point compass rose represents the nautical life associated with the seaside location.

Colouration

As a pattern the emblem can be reduced to a simple contrast between a darker hue (ayya) and a brighter one (oada). The canonical colour scheme involves three shades: a purple for the darker parts representing the sky and the sea as well as the mountains, a yellow for the sun and the bright halves of the compass rose, and an orange for the remaining brighter parts representing the sunlight.