Capital

Brussels

Continent

Europe

Flag adopted

1830

Designer

Not individually credited

Belgium

Colors and meaning

• Black #000000

  Historically drawn from the coat of arms of the Duchy of Brabant

• Yellow #FDDA24

  The Duchy of Brabant's arms

• Red #EF3340

  The Duchy of Brabant's arms

Symbolism and history

A black-yellow-red vertical tricolor adopted during the 1830 Belgian Revolution, its colors and even its vertical orientation deliberately modeled on the French tricolor to signal a break from Dutch rule.

Closest-looking flags

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  Germany

  Shares the same three colors as Germany's flag, arranged vertically rather than horizontally and in a different order (black-yellow-red versus black-red-yellow).

Further reading: Flag of Belgium on Wikipedia