- Capital
- Bogotá
- Continent
- South America
- Flag adopted
- 1861
- Designer
- Francisco de Miranda
Colombia
Colors and meaning
Yellow #FCD116
The gold of the New World and the country's mineral wealth, made twice the width of the other bands to signal abundance
Blue #003893
The two oceans bordering Colombia, the Atlantic and Pacific
Red #CE1126
The blood shed for independence and the sacrifice of Colombia's people
Symbolism and history
A yellow-blue-red horizontal tricolor, with yellow given double width, descends from the same Gran Colombia flag designed by Francisco de Miranda that also produced Ecuador's and Venezuela's nearly identical tricolors.
Closest-looking flags
Ecuador
Nearly identical to Ecuador's flag (which adds a coat of arms) and Venezuela's flag (which uses equal-width bands and stars), all three descending from the same Gran Colombia design.
Venezuela
Nearly identical to Ecuador's flag (which adds a coat of arms) and Venezuela's flag (which uses equal-width bands and stars), all three descending from the same Gran Colombia design.
Further reading: Flag of Colombia on Wikipedia
