Colombia

What the source says

Referenced, awaiting primary-source review

Officially adopted on November 26, 1861. Yellow [is] the riches of the country, the wealth of the Colombian soil, the gold, sovereignty, harmony, justice and agriculture; blue the sky above, the seas on Colombia's shores, and the rivers; red the blood spilled for Colombia's independence [and] the effort of Colombian people. The upper yellow band is twice the size of the others. Francisco de Miranda originally created the common yellow, blue, and red flag of Gran Colombia.

(r1) Flag of Colombia (Wikipedia (English)), read 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.

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

Yellow(r1) #FCD116
The riches of the country, its gold and soil, and (per the source) sovereignty, justice and agriculture(r1)
Blue(r1) #003893
The sky, the seas on Colombia's shores, and its rivers(r1)
Red(r1) #CE1126
The blood spilled for independence, and the effort and perseverance of the people(r1)

Symbolism and history(r1)

A yellow-blue-red horizontal tricolor with the yellow band given double width, descending from the Gran Colombia flag originally created by Francisco de Miranda.

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”.

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 Colombia (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 Colombia on Wikipedia