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- Capital
- St. John's
- Continent
- North America
- Flag adopted
- 1967
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Antigua and Barbuda
Colors and meaning
Black #000000
The African heritage of the majority population
Blue #0072CE
Hope
White #FFFFFF
The sea
Gold-yellow #FFC72C
Sunshine
Red #CE1126
Vitality and the dynamism of the people
Symbolism and history
A rising golden sun over red, black and blue bands forms a V shape (for victory) inside a red-bordered triangle, adopted in 1967 as the islands moved toward independence from Britain.
No documented visual overlap
Antigua and Barbuda’s design isn’t a close visual match for any other current national flag. A few more flags from North America, for browsing:
Further reading: Flag of Antigua and Barbuda on Wikipedia