- Capital
- Abu Dhabi
- Continent
- Asia
- Flag adopted
- 1971
- Designer
- Not individually credited
United Arab Emirates
Colors and meaning
Red #FF0000
Unity among the seven emirates, a color long used in Gulf hoist-triangle flags
Green #00732F
Fertility of the land
White #FFFFFF
Neutrality and peace
Black #000000
The defeat of the country's enemies
Symbolism and history
A red hoist triangle beside green-white-black horizontal bands was created by a design competition in 1971 when the seven Trucial States federated into the United Arab Emirates, deliberately combining pan-Arab colors in a new arrangement distinct from any single emirate's own banner.
Closest-looking flags
Jordan
Shares its pan-Arab color palette and hoist-triangle format with Jordan's, Kuwait's and Palestine's flags, all descended from the 1916 Arab Revolt tradition.
Kuwait
Shares its pan-Arab color palette and hoist-triangle format with Jordan's, Kuwait's and Palestine's flags, all descended from the 1916 Arab Revolt tradition.
State of Palestine
Shares its pan-Arab color palette and hoist-triangle format with Jordan's, Kuwait's and Palestine's flags, all descended from the 1916 Arab Revolt tradition.
Further reading: Flag of United Arab Emirates on Wikipedia
