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- Capital
- Moroni
- Continent
- Africa
- Flag adopted
- 2001
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Comoros
Colors and meaning
Yellow #FFC61E
Anjouan island
White #FFFFFF
Mohéli island
Red #E8112D
Grande Comore island
Blue #3A75C4
The field, and union
Green #009E49
Islam
Symbolism and history
Four horizontal stripes of yellow, white, red and blue (one per island) sit on a green field bearing a white crescent and four white stars, one star per island, adopted after the 2001 constitution reaffirmed the four-island union.
No documented visual overlap
Comoros’s design isn’t a close visual match for any other current national flag. A few more flags from Africa, for browsing:
Further reading: Flag of Comoros on Wikipedia