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- Capital
- Kuala Lumpur
- Continent
- Asia
- Flag adopted
- 1963
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Malaysia
Colors and meaning
Red #CC0001
Courage
White #FFFFFF
Purity
Blue #010066
Unity, drawing on the color of the former colonial-era flag
Yellow #FFCC00
The Malay rulers, historically the color reserved for royalty
Symbolism and history
Fourteen red-and-white stripes and a blue canton bearing a crescent and 14-point star directly echo the layout of the US flag, with stripe and star counts updated in 1963 to reflect the addition of Sabah, Sarawak and (briefly) Singapore to the federation.
Closest-looking flags
Further reading: Flag of Malaysia on Wikipedia