Capital

Port Moresby

Continent

Oceania

Flag adopted

1971

Designer

Susan Karike

Papua New Guinea

Colors and meaning

• Red #CE1126

  Traditional significance in Papua New Guinean art and ceremonial dress

• Black #000000

  Traditional significance in Papua New Guinean art and ceremonial dress

• Gold #FFCD00

  The raggiana bird-of-paradise silhouette

• White #FFFFFF

  The five stars of the Southern Cross

Symbolism and history

A gold silhouette of the raggiana bird-of-paradise, the country's national bird, sits on a red triangle beside the Southern Cross constellation's white stars on a black triangle, the design of a then-15-year-old student who won a national flag competition ahead of independence.

No documented visual overlap

Papua New Guinea’s design isn’t a close visual match for any other current national flag. A few more flags from Oceania, for browsing:

• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Nauru

Further reading: Flag of Papua New Guinea on Wikipedia