- Capital
- Bratislava
- Continent
- Europe
- Flag adopted
- 1992
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Slovakia
Colors and meaning
White #FFFFFF
Historic Pan-Slavic color tradition, and the Tatra mountains' snow
Blue #0B4EA2
Historic Pan-Slavic color tradition
Red #EE1C25
Historic Pan-Slavic color tradition, and Slovak statehood
Symbolism and history
A white-blue-red horizontal tricolor bears the national coat of arms, a double cross atop three blue hills representing Slovakia's historic mountain ranges, offset toward the hoist, adopted upon the 1993 split from the Czech Republic.
Closest-looking flags
Russia
Shares the Pan-Slavic white-blue-red tricolor family with Russia's, Slovenia's, Croatia's and Serbia's flags, distinguished by its triple-hill coat of arms.
Slovenia
Shares the Pan-Slavic white-blue-red tricolor family with Russia's, Slovenia's, Croatia's and Serbia's flags, distinguished by its triple-hill coat of arms.
Croatia
Shares the Pan-Slavic white-blue-red tricolor family with Russia's, Slovenia's, Croatia's and Serbia's flags, distinguished by its triple-hill coat of arms.
Serbia
Shares the Pan-Slavic white-blue-red tricolor family with Russia's, Slovenia's, Croatia's and Serbia's flags, distinguished by its triple-hill coat of arms.
Further reading: Flag of Slovakia on Wikipedia
