The law does not state what the colours stand for. In the Russian pressgeraldika.ru 11 May 2006 New versions of coat of arms and flag of Kaliningrad Oblast region are presented it was stated that the silver fortress with open gates stands for hospitality, the dark blue for the Baltic Sea and tranquility, the yellow for the wealth of amber and the red for active man principle ("цвет активного мужского начала"). (Other sources state that red stands for the bellicose past of Prussia, the Red Army, the Hanseatic League, or the historical connections with Brandenburg and Poland.)
