Seychelles
What the source says
Referenced, awaiting primary-source reviewAdopted 8 January 1996. Blue depicts the sky and the sea; yellow is for the sun which gives light and life; red symbolises the people and their determination to work for the future in unity and love; the white band represents social justice and harmony; green depicts the land and natural environment. The bands symbolise a dynamic new country moving into the future.
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)
Five diagonal bands radiate from the lower hoist, a design the government says symbolises a dynamic new country moving into the future, adopted in 1996.
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”.
- Dominican Republic77
the same colours in similar amounts.
- United Kingdom77
the same colours in similar amounts.
- Zimbabwe76
the same colours in similar amounts.
- Eritrea75
the same colours in similar amounts.
- Norway75
the same colours in similar amounts.
- Namibia74
the same colours in similar amounts.
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 Seychelles (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 Seychelles on Wikipedia