🇨🇻 The colours of Cape Verde
National colours, 1 colour tied to the country.
Cape Verde’s flag features blue, white, red, and yellow. Blue stands for the sea and sky, white for peace, red for the people's dedication to building the nation, and yellow for the ten islands, shown as stars. The flag’s colours and symbols reflect unity and the country’s hopes for the future.
Where no official value is given, the swatch shows the colour family, not the exact shade.
- Ten yellow stars stand for the ten islands of Cape Verde.
- Blue on the flag symbolises both the sky and the surrounding sea.
- Red stripe represents the people's dedication to building the nation.
- The flag’s current design was adopted in 1992.
- A 2:3 ratio is used for the flag’s official size.
The colours of the flag of Cape Verde
The Cape Verdean flag is made up of five horizontal stripes: two wide blue bands at the top and bottom, with thinner white and red bands in between. On the left side, a circle of ten yellow stars sits over the red stripe. According to the government, blue is for the ocean and sky, white stands for peace, and red shows the people's effort in building their nation. The ten yellow stars represent each of the country's islands, and their circular arrangement is meant to show unity. These meanings are officially stated by the government.
How the colours were chosen of Cape Verde
When Cape Verde gained independence from Portugal in 1975, its first flag used green, yellow, red, and black, drawing on pan-African themes. Each colour had its own meaning: black for African identity and hope, red for the struggle for freedom, yellow for culture and well-being, and green for farming and hope. In 1992, after a shift to multi-party democracy, a new flag was chosen to set Cape Verde apart from Guinea-Bissau and reflect a new direction. The current flag was designed by Pedro Gregório and became official in September 1992.
Official shades and rules of Cape Verde
The flag’s design is set out in the constitution, describing the order and width of each stripe. The two blue bands are the widest, with the white and red stripes much thinner. The stars are placed in a circle on the left, centred on the red stripe. The government uses a 2:3 ratio for the flag’s dimensions, as shown in its official guide.
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