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- Capital
- Manila
- Continent
- Asia
- Flag adopted
- 1898
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Philippines
Colors and meaning
Blue #0038A8
Peace, truth and justice
Red #CE1126
Patriotism and valor
Yellow #FCD116
The sun and its eight rays, one per province that rose against Spanish rule in 1896
Symbolism and history
A white hoist triangle bearing a sun and three stars sits beside horizontal blue and red bands that are deliberately flown reversed, red on top, during wartime, the only national flag designed to invert as a declaration of a state of war.
No documented visual overlap
Philippines’s design isn’t a close visual match for any other current national flag. A few more flags from Asia, for browsing:
Further reading: Flag of Philippines on Wikipedia