- Capital
- Bandar Seri Begawan
- Continent
- Asia
- Flag adopted
- 1959(r1)
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Brunei Darussalam
What the source says
Referenced, awaiting primary-source reviewThe modern flag was adopted in 1959 along with their new constitution. Yellow [is] symbolising the monarchy; white representing the wazirs' purity; black indicating strength and determination. The crescent symbolises Islam, the parasol symbolises monarchy, and the hands at the side symbolise the benevolence of the government.
Referenced, not verified: a secondary work states this, and the document that constitutes the flag has not been read for this entry. What the marks mean.
Colors and meaning
Symbolism and history(r1)
Diagonal white and black bands cross a yellow field bearing the national crest, whose crescent symbolizes Islam, parasol the monarchy, and hands the benevolence of the government, adopted in 1959 with a new constitution.
Most similar flags
The 6 closest of the 194 other national flags, ranked by a similarity index computed from the flag images themselves. The number is that index, 0–100 — not a claim that the two flags are “X% identical”.
- Uganda72
the same horizontal band layout; the same colours in similar amounts.
- Colombia71
the same horizontal band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
- Mozambique67
the same horizontal band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
- Myanmar67
the same horizontal band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
- Comoros65
the same horizontal band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
- Germany65
the same horizontal band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
Computed at build time: each flag is rasterised to 64x48, and the score is 0.55 × colour overlap + 0.45 × structure. A different weighting would rank these differently. How the index works.
References — not verification
(r1) Referenced to Flag of Brunei (Wikipedia (English)) on 2026-07-17. States the adoption year, which colors the flag has, what the colors mean and the symbolism and history on this page. The passage it states them in is quoted at the top of this entry.
Further reading: Flag of Brunei on Wikipedia