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- Capital
- Victoria
- Continent
- Africa
- Flag adopted
- 1996
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Seychelles
Colors and meaning
Blue #002F6C
Sky and sea
Yellow #FCD856
The sun giving light and life
Red #D62828
The people and their determination
White #FFFFFF
Social justice and harmony
Green #007A3D
The land and natural environment
Symbolism and history
Five diagonal bands radiate from the lower hoist, a deliberately dynamic design meant to evoke a young nation moving forward into a new future, adopted after a peaceful transition to multiparty democracy in 1996.
No documented visual overlap
Seychelles’s design isn’t a close visual match for any other current national flag. A few more flags from Africa, for browsing:
Further reading: Flag of Seychelles on Wikipedia